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Cheteshwar Pujara, who was making a splash in England, scored the second consecutive century for his team Sussex

Sudev Haldar
2 years ago

New Delhi, Online Desk. Cheteshwar Pujara is currently playing county cricket in England and representing Sussex. Pujara is seen in terrific form there and once again he scored a century. This time he did this amazing against Worcestershire. Even before this, Cheteshwar Pujara had scored a double century against Derbyshire in the last match and scored 201 not out. Although he scored 6 runs in the first innings against Derbyshire, he returned to form after scoring an unbeaten 201 in the second innings and his form continued in the next match as well and he scored his second consecutive century.

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Cheteshwar Pujara completes his century with a four

Against Worcestershire, Pujara completed his century by hitting a four. He completed this century facing 184 balls with the help of 14 fours. This was Cheteshwar Pujara’s 52nd century in first-class cricket. Due to Pujara’s poor form, he was dropped from the Indian Test team and was not part of the Indian Test team against Sri Lanka. He was given a clear message from the Indian selectors that his name would not be considered for this Test series. After this, it was believed that now he would hardly be able to return to the Test team, but the way he is batting in England, there may be a possibility of his return to the Indian Test team.

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Pujara’s First Class Cricket Career

Before this match, if we talk about Cheteshwar Pujara’s first-class cricket career, then he has been very brilliant. He has scored 17,155 runs in 376 innings of 227 matches played so far at an average of 51.05. In this, he has scored 51 centuries and 70 half-centuries. His best score in first class cricket is 352 runs.