India batter Cheteshwar Pujara slammed his second century of the continuing One-Day Cup 2023 for Sussex towards Somerset in Taunton on Friday.
He introduced up his hundred off 105 balls and steered Sussex’s 319-run chase, finally ending with an unbeaten 117 off 113 in his facet’s four-wicket win. Sussex claimed its first victory within the match after shedding its first three video games.
Pujara, who struck 56 runs off 61 balls within the earlier sport towards Derbyshire earlier than smashing an unbeaten 119-ball 106 towards Northamptonshire earlier this month, now has three consecutive scores of fifty and above within the match.
The Indian is the second-highest run-scorer within the 2023 One-Day Cup, with 302 runs in 4 matches at a mean of 151.00 and a strike charge of 93.20. His compatriot Prithvi Shaw leads the run charts with 304 runs in three video games, which features a document 244 towards Somerset.
The 35-year-old additionally scored 545 runs in six matches at a mean of 68.12 and struck three tons of for Sussex within the County Championship 2023, which is able to resume on September 3.
The Take a look at match veteran was dropped for India’s two-match Take a look at collection towards West Indies final month after managing scores of simply 14 and 27 within the defeat to Australia within the World Take a look at Championship ultimate on the Oval in June.
Within the Duleep Trophy that adopted, Pujara racked up 185 runs in 4 innings for West Zone, however the bulk of the runs got here in a knock of 133 towards Central within the semifinal. Within the ultimate towards South, his scores of 9 and 15 weren’t sufficient as West did not defend its title.