India batter Cheteshwar Pujara is enjoying a sensational run in the ongoing county championship for Sussex. The 34-year-old has already smashed two centuries and as many double-centuries in seven innings for the side so far.
He has been the wall for the Indian team, The best batsman that has ever come across at No 3 for India, will always be this guy. He was in poor form in the last matches, but he has arrived at his comeback in some style in county cricket.
Cheteshwar Pujara Smashes Shaheen for a six over the third man
He is the reliable batsman wherever he plays, when he came out to bat in the middle the team was 6/2 with an overall lead of 40, Pujara steadied the ship and formed a 138-run stand with Tom Alsop (66) before Tom Clark (26*) dropped anchor at the other end for the Indian star.
The right-handed batter smashed 16 fours and two sixes and batted at a strike rate of more than 80, finishing the third day unbeaten on 125 to give Sussex a lead of 270. This was the performance, he set the stage he gave something on the board to the team.
Pujara yet again showed his superclass. On Day 3 of the match, he squared off against Pakistan star Shaheen Shah Afridi and took him on during the second innings. Sussex got off to a poor start losing their opening two wickets within seven deliveries before Pujara arrived in the middle.
The right-hander batter didn’t shy away from taking an aggressive approach against Shaheen, hitting him for a marvelous six. It all happened in the third over when the left-arm pacer dragged back his length and bowled a short-pitched delivery.
Pujara counter-attacked with an uppercut as the ball flew way over the third-man region for a six. That’s where he started to middle everything that was coming his way, World Test Championship being on the verge it’s important for the wall of the Indian team to arrive in some form.
Cheteshwar Pujara hits a Six off Shaheen Shah Afridi.
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