Pujara has been in phenomenal touch for Sussex lately. In country championship, he smacked five centuries, keeping his form in mind, he was given the responsibility of captaincy in the absence of regular captain Tom Haines.
Sussex was facing Warwickshire in the Royal London One-Day Cup on Friday in a Group A clash. Warwickshire put on a colossal total of 311 runs on the board owing to Robert Yates’ sublime century (114 off 111), Will Rhodes (76 off 70), Michael Burges’ 56-run knock.
In response, Sussex lost their first wicket on the score of 35 in the form of Harrison Ward. On the score of 112, Tom Clark departed and 2 of the Sussex batsmen had gone to pavilion in 21.4 overs. Then comes Cheteshwar Pujara, he slammed 107 runs facing just 79 deliveries.
Sussex needed 102 runs to beat their opposition in last 10 overs then Pujara took charge, in 45th over. When Liam Norwell came to bowl, Pujara amassed 22 runs in his over and completed his next 50 runs in just 22 balls.
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However, Pujara’s knock was not sufficient to get over the line. Sussex fell short of 4 runs chasing 20 in last 2 overs. Sussex is currently at number 6 in Group A points table having 4 points in 4 games.
