In England, runs continue to come off India’s Cheteshwar Pujara bat. After playing several stellar innings in the County Championship, Pujara has now continued his form in the Royal London One Day Cup. The match was played between Warwickshire and Sussex on Friday. During this, Pujara played an innings of 107 runs in 79 balls while playing for Sussex. Cheteshwar Pujara hit seven fours and two sixes in his innings. During this his strike rate was 135.44. However, despite this his team could not succeed in winning. Warwickshire beat Sussex by four runs. Pujara was also captaining Sussex in this match.

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In the Royal London Cup on Friday, Warwickshire captain Rhodes won the toss and elected to bat first. Warwickshire scored 310 runs in 50 overs for the loss of six wickets, thanks to 114 runs from Robert Yates and 76 from Captain Rhodes. Indian all-rounder Krunal Pandya playing from Warwickshire could not even open the account. Apart from this, Hamza Sheikh scored 25 runs, Michael Burgess scored 58 runs, Matthew Lamb scored 17 runs, Ethan Brooks scored two runs. For Sussex, Carvelas and Bradley Curry took two wickets each.

Cheteshwar Pujara took charge and took Sussex close to the target on his own

Chasing a huge target of 311 runs, the Sussex team had a poor start. Harrison Ward was dismissed after scoring 22 runs. After this, Alistair Orr and Tom Clark put on a partnership of 77 runs for the second wicket. And got out after scoring 81 runs. At the same time, Clarke could score 30 runs. After this, captain Cheteshwar Pujara took over the innings and took Sussex close to the target on his own. Apart from him, no other batsman could run. Tom Alsop 7 runs, Delray Rollins 11 runs, Daniel Ibrahim could score five runs.

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During this, Cheteshwar Pujara rained fours and sixes. In the last six overs, Sussex needed 70 runs to win, with four wickets left. In such a situation, captain Pujara took up the responsibility and scored 22 runs in the 45th over. He hit three fours and a six in this over of Liam Norwell. Apart from this, he ran twice and got two runs. After this Cheteshwar Pujara completed his century in 73 balls. In the last three overs, Sussex needed 31 runs to win. In the 49th over, Hannon Dalby bowled Pujara and at the same time dashed the hopes of Sussex’s victory.

Pujara’s innings of 107 runs in 79 balls went in vain

In the 50th over, Sussex needed 12 runs to win, but the team could only manage seven runs and Warwickshire won the match by 4 runs. Cheteshwar Pujara’s 107 off 79 balls went in vain. At the same time, in the end, Aristides Corvelas of Sussex remained unbeaten on 16 runs in 14 balls and Archie Lenham scored five runs in five balls. Krunal Pandya took three wickets for Warwickshire. At the same time, Oliver Hannon and George Garrett got two wickets each.

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Earlier, Cheteshwar Pujara had performed brilliantly in county cricket. He scored runs for Sussex this season. He scored five centuries in seven county matches. He scored three double hundreds in 10 innings this season for Sussex. Cheteshwar Pujara scored an unbeaten 201 against Derbyshire, 203 against Durham and 231 against Middlesex. Apart from this, he has also played innings of 170 and 109 runs this season. He is the first batsman in 118 years to score three double hundreds in a season for Sussex.