Cheteshwar Pujara maintained his remarkable form in the ongoing County Championship season, scoring his fourth consecutive century for Sussex against Middlesex on Saturday. Pujara duelled Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridi in a fiery spell, even counter-attacking the left-arm pacer with an uppercut that sailed over the ropes for a six. As Afridi was forced to switch his length sooner in his spell, his backfoot punch was equally magnificent.
Eventually, Afridi went around the wicket to Pujara but he cautiously left the deliveries onto the keeper.
Pujara brought up his 50 in just 67 deliveries which included 6 fours and a six. When the 100-run stand with Tom Alsop managed to come up, it was his fifth century partnership in four matches. With a swift three between the wickets off Mark Stoneman, the senior Indian batter attained his century. According to the most recent Hove report, Pujara finished day 3 going undefeated on 125 off 149 balls (16 fours and 2 sixes).
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Cheteshwar Pujara hits a Six off Shaheen Shah Afridi.
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Pujara is in a brilliant form right now, as he has scored his second double century for Sussex, last week. Pujara had made 203 and faced 334 balls, in which he hit 24 fours. Overall, he has so far amassed two double hundreds, one hundred and one fifty from seven innings in county 2022.
Cheteshwar Pujara, India’s Test expert, was signed by English County cricket team Sussex on Thursday to play in the 2022 season. He will again play for the club in the Royal One-Day Cup, which begins on August 2.
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Pujara, who has earlier represented Yorkshire and Gloucestershire, was scheduled to play six matches but they were suspended due to the coronavirus-induced pandemic.
Pujara has decided to play in England after struggling to secure a bidder in the recently concluded IPL auction. He was also slumped from the Indian Test team following a poor showing during India’s tour of South Africa.