Pujara scores second double ton for Sussex

He left for the UK searching for some runs and open the door for an India comeback. But Cheteshwar Pujara has already executed greater than that, scoring his second double century for Sussex within the County Championship Division Two right here on Saturday.

Pujara made 203 and confronted 334 balls, during which he hit 24 fours. The senior India participant was batting in a single day on 107, which helped his facet take a considerable lead in opposition to Durham, who had been all out for 223 of their first innings.

Thanks to Pujara’s effort, Sussex prolonged their dominance on the third day of the match, their innings ending at 538 for an enormous lead of 315 runs.

Cheteshwar Pujara scores one more double hundred within the 2022 County Championship for Sussex.

His knocks to date within the match:
6 & 201*, v Derbyshire
109 & 12, v Worcestershire
200*, v Durham pic.twitter.com/WEEK9888cI

— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) April 30, 2022

With Sussex imposing follow-on, Durham had been 38 for no loss of their second essay, nonetheless trailing by 277 runs.

The out-of-favour India batter, who’s in glowing type, is making most of his county stint. He now has scored two lots of and as many double centuries in his 5 innings.

Making his debut for Sussex, Pujara had scored 6 and an unbeaten 201 to assist his facet draw the match in opposition to Derbyshire.

In Sussex’s 34-run loss to Worcestershire, he scored 109 within the first innings, adopted by 12 within the second essay.

The large runs will maintain Pujara in competition for a spot within the Indian squad once they journey to England for the postponed fifth Test later this 12 months.

The veteran batter was dropped from the Indian Test staff following the sequence loss in South Africa earlier this 12 months.