Cheteshwar Pujara scored a century in the third consecutive match for Sussex, showing his strength in England

Hove, Pretr. Veteran Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara of the Indian cricket team, representing Sussex in the English County Championship, scored a century in the third consecutive match on Friday. Cheteshwar Pujara was unbeaten on 128 off 198 balls with 16 fours at the end of the second day’s play. With this innings, Sussex’s team took a 139-run lead over Durham in the first innings.

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Sussex scored 362 for five in reply to Durham’s 223 in the first innings. This is Pujara’s third century in five innings, looking to make a comeback in the Indian team. He scored six and an unbeaten 201 in his debut match with Sussex during this period as the team drew the match after following a follow-on against Derbyshire. He then played innings of 109 and 12 against Worcestershire. In this match, however, his team had to face defeat by 34 runs. Pujara, who was out of the Indian team after the South Africa tour, can return to the team for the last match of the Test series on the tour of England due to this superb rhythm.

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This was Cheteshwar Pujara’s 53rd century in first class cricket

This was Cheteshwar Pujara’s 53rd century in first-class cricket. However, before this match, if we talk about his first-class career, he has scored 17276 runs in 378 innings of 228 matches at an impressive average of 51.11. He has 52 centuries and 70 half-centuries in these matches. At the same time, his best performance in first class matches has been 352 runs. While Pujara’s consistent performance in county cricket in England proves that this Indian Test batsman is desperate to make a comeback in the team, it will also be interesting to see whether he gets a chance on the basis of this performance in the Test team. No.