County Championship: Cheteshwar Pujara scored his fourth century in as many appearances for Sussex.© Twitter
Cheteshwar Pujara loves life in the County Championship and has scored a bag full of points for Sussex in the four games he has played so far. On Saturday, the Indian batter produced another great knock to register his fourth century in as many games. In the on-going game against Middlesex, Pujara came up against Pakistani pace sensation Shaheen Shah Afridi, who was also in fine form in the County Championship. But the Indian right-hander was unstoppable and even Afridi could do little to stop a free-flowing Pujara from reaching the three-digit mark.
At the end of the game on Day 3, Pujara went unbeaten at 125 from just 149 balls and scored with a brilliant strike rate of 83.39.
During his knockout on Day 3, Pujara fired a stunning shot to put Shaheen Afridi in the stands. The video of the shot has gone viral on social media.
Cheteshwar Pujara hits a Six by Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Sussex Cricket YouTube Channel#Sussex #Pujara #shaheen #Middlesex #SUSvMDX pic.twitter.com/Tzrqvm4M76— Cric Topklasse (@crictopklasse) May 7, 2022
Pujara’s undefeated century helped Sussex reach 236 for three on stumps on Day 3, leading Middlesex by 270 runs. Besides Pujara, Tom Alsop scored 66 for Sussex.
In the first innings, Pujara registered a rare failure that was disallowed for 16 runs. Opener Ali Orr’s 99 and Tom Alsop’s 113 helped Sussex with 392 runs in the first innings.
Afridi and Martin Andersson each took three wickets for Middlesex.
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Half a century from Max Holden (58), Luke Hollman (82) and Andersson (55) helped Middlesex score 358 in their first innings.
Pujara, meanwhile, is in top form for Susses. In his first game for the team this season, Pujara scored a double hundred in the second innings against Derbyshire. He then hit a century in the Worcestershire first innings and followed it up with a double hundred in the next game against Durham.
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