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  • Jaydev Unadkat, Jayant Yadav file five-fors in maiden County outings

    India seamer Jaydev Unadkat and spinner Jayant Yadav made spectacular debuts within the English County circuit, taking five-wicket hauls for Sussex and Middlesex respectively.

    Unadkat, who could possibly be again in competition for choice within the Indian Test facet later this yr for the tour of South Africa, took an general 9 wickets for Sussex towards Leicestershire to assist them win by simply 15 runs in a Division Two match.

    The left-arm seamer took 3 for 23 within the first innings and returned with figures of 32.4-6-94-6 within the second essay to assist Sussex not solely file a slender win but in addition revive their hopes of promotion into Division One.

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    India batter Cheteshwar Pujara, who can be Sussex’s captain, scored 26 and 23 within the recreation and in addition took a spectacular catch to dismiss Leicestershire opener Rishi Patel.

    Yadav, enjoying in a Division One recreation for Middlesex towards Lancashire, toiled for his five-wicket haul as he returned with figures of 33-4-131-5 in a drawn recreation at Manchester.

    Meanwhile, additionally making his County debut this season, leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took an general 5 wickets — 3/63 and a pair of/43 — for Kent towards Nottinghamshire in a Division One recreation at Canterbury.

  • Pujara to return to Sussex for 2023 County season

    Sussex have retained the providers of India Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara for the 2023 season, the County facet introduced on Monday.

    Pujara, who joined Sussex final 12 months, made an unlimited affect by scoring over 1000 County Championship runs, together with a file breaking three double centuries and completed the season with a median of 109.4.

    The right-handed batter’s stupendous type continued into the 50-over Royal London Cup, the place he led the facet within the absence of injured Tom Haines and guided the group to the semi-finals of the competitors.

    We are delighted to announce the re-signing of @cheteshwar1 for the 2023 season! 🙌 #Pujara2023

    — Sussex Cricket (@SussexCCC) October 24, 2022

    In his 9 Royal London Cup appearances, Pujara averaged 89.14 at a strike-right of 111.62, with a highest rating of 174 off simply 131 balls in opposition to Surrey.

    “I am glad to be back with Sussex for the 2023 season. I thoroughly enjoyed my last stint with the club last season, both on and off the field and I’m looking forward to contributing to the team’s growth and success in the coming year,” Pujara mentioned in a press release issued by the county facet.

    Sussex Performance Director, Keith Greenfield, added: “It is fantastic news that Cheteshwar will be returning in 2023, we all saw the class he showed with the bat and his performances, but he was also outstanding in our young dressing room as a world class role model for them to follow.”

  • ‘Had I been picked by an IPL team, I would have just practised’, says Cheteshwar Pujara

    Going unsold within the Indian Premier League public sale in February this 12 months has turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Cheteshwar Pujara. While the IPL was on, Pujara travelled to England for what turned out to be a extremely profitable county stint for Sussex, which has helped him pressure his manner again into the India Test squad for the deciding Test in Birmingham in July.

    “You can say that now in hindsight. Had I been picked by an IPL team, there were major chances that I wouldn’t have got any games. I would have just gone (to nets) and practised. Getting match practice and practice in the nets is always different. So when the county thing happened, I just said yes. The major reason I said yes to the county (stint) is that I wanted my old rhythm back,” Pujara advised The Indian Express from Paris, the place he’s on vacation.

    With scores of 6, 201 not out, 109, 12, 203, 16, 170* and three, Pujara slammed 720 runs for Sussex in 5 County Championship video games at a staggering common of 120 throughout April and May.

    Before flying to England, Pujara hadn’t discovered a spot within the India Test group for the 2 residence Tests towards Sri Lanka in March. The selectors had determined to provide extra probabilities to youthful gamers akin to Shreyas Iyer, who had carried out nicely in his debut Test collection towards New Zealand final 12 months. On Sunday, although, when the nationwide senior choice committee met to select the group for the house T20Is towards South Africa and the lone away Test match towards England, Pujara’s identify was included within the latter. However, the selectors didn’t choose the opposite veteran batsman Ajinkya Rahane, who had an underwhelming begin to the IPL for Kolkata Knight Riders, after which he was largely benched for the remainder of the franchise’s video games. Meanwhile, Pujara’s county success had raised his hopes of creating an India comeback in whites.

    “I was positive, there was no doubt about it. The way my county stint went, I was hopeful that I will make a comeback to the Indian team. But when I went to play county cricket, the India comeback was never on my mind; I just wanted to find my rhythm and I knew one big innings would help me find my rhythm back.”

    Pujara mentioned that in his county stint, he was looking out not only for centuries, however scores over 150 to get his famed focus again; he would go on to make three of these, two of which had been unbeaten.

    “I was just trying to find my old form. If you look at my innings in the past, I was getting 80s, 90s, so I never felt I was out of form even when the big runs were not coming. I was just hoping to get big runs. Big runs means not 100 but 150-plus scores. Because to get back to my usual concentration level, I needed those big scores. And I found that in England. I found my rhythm and as I got those runs, things began to fall in place.”

    Spending hours batting within the center is what Pujara is understood for, and he added that entering into that mode as soon as once more additionally made him extra conscious of the place his health ranges had been. “Once I bat for long, it not only improves concentration, but it also improves fitness. The county stint helped me to see where my fitness stands. One cannot play big innings if one does not have proper fitness. So everything went well,” Pujara concluded.

  • County Championship 2022: Sussex’s Cheteshwar Pujara upper-cuts Middlesex’s Shaheen Afridi for an enormous six

    Cheteshwar Pujara scored a century within the second innings of Sussex’s match in opposition to Middlesex and is at present the third-highest run-scorer within the competitors.

    Cheteshwar Pujara of Sussex. Courtesy: Getty Images

    HIGHLIGHTSPujara is at present the third-highest run-getter within the competitorsPujara stayed unbeaten on 125 on the shut of play on Day threeAfridi tried to pepper Pujara with brief balls

    Cheteshwar Pujara has been in large kind ever since he began enjoying for Sussex within the County Championship Division 2. The Indian batter is at present third within the record of main run-scorer within the match, having already notched 672 runs from 4 matches at a median of 134.40 with 4 centuries to indicate for his efforts.

    After getting scores of 201*, 109 and 203 in his first three outings in opposition to Derbyshire, Worcestershire and Durham, the 34-year-old notched a century in opposition to Middlesex as nicely. In the primary innings, Ethan Bamber removed him after he scored solely 16 runs off 10 balls. But the right-handed Pujara nicely and really made amends within the second innings.

    Fourth match, fourth 100+ rating.

    It’s a privilege to look at, @cheteshwar1. pic.twitter.com/IF8nLUt9Yg

    — Sussex Cricket (@SussexCCC) May 7, 2022
    PUJARA OOZES CLASS

    At the shut of play on the third day, Pujara stayed unbeaten on 125 runs off 149 balls with the assistance of 16 fours and two sixes. One of his sixes, within the meantime, got here of ace Pakistan speedster Shaheen Shah Afridi. The left-arm pacer already bought 11 wickets within the competitors, together with the large wickets of Marnus Labuschagne.

    Afridi tried to pepper Pujara with some brief deliveries, however the latter was as much as the duty. In one of many deliveries, the batter rocked again onto the backfoot and churned out the higher reduce. Pujara discovered the center of the willow and the ball sailed over the ropes with utmost ease.

    Shaheen Afridi Cheteshwar Pujara

    A battle you do not need to miss.

    Watch it LIVE https://t.co/UVQbX7r83y#LVCountyChamp pic.twitter.com/GBHE5CdZzH

    — LV= Insurance County Championship (@CountyChamp) May 7, 2022

    It was an intriguing battle between the 2 as each Pujara and Afridi have been fulcrums of their respective nationwide groups over fairly a while. Pujara may even be seeking to discover his method again into the Indian squad after lacking the Sri Lanka Tests earlier this 12 months.

  • Weekly Sports Newsletter: Can selectors protect the final of the dying breed, shades of Ranji, Cheteshwar ‘plays time’ Pujara?

    In distinction to the din and dazzle of IPL, Cheteshwar Pujara, nowadays, is in Sussex carrying whites, entertaining the English county trustworthy, parked on grassy banks on their backyard chairs with their pets for firm.

    In these idyllic environment, he has scored two double tons and 100 from three video games, underlining his affiliation with the timeless artwork of batting that retains getting eviction notices from cricket venues the world over.

    Pujara has remained the cussed custodian of that refined talent, flying the lone flag, preserving himself and his batting method related. His newest run-spree bumped his first-class double hundred rely to fifteen, giving him entry into the Top 10 of a listing that has Bradman on the high. The elite membership has largely gents from the black and white period with WG Grace two locations behind India’s Test specialists.

    Pujara’s consistency in reaching 200-plus scores is barely second to Bradman’s. His double a whole lot, at a mean, present up after 25 first-class innings. Cricket’s undisputed GOAT, The Don, wanted round 9 innings.

    Among the energetic cricketers, Pujara is head and shoulders above his contemporaries. On essentially the most first-class 200 listing, Virat is second with 7, with Rohit Sharma (5) and Kane Williamson (5) additional down the order – all staring up on the impossibility of dethroning the person with the unquenchable thirst for runs.

    Two double a whole lot and one century in his first three matches. 🤯 🙌

    Incredible numbers from @cheteshwar1. 👏 #GOSBTS pic.twitter.com/FjYidiAkD7

    — Sussex Cricket (@SussexCCC) May 2, 2022

    However, essentially the most storied shake-up of this double hundred listing is Pujara’s leap over Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, Ranji to the world. It’s an enthralling story that includes the pioneer who gave Indian batting a template and the final of the sort holding on to these century previous batting ideas.

    Their proximity on the listing – Rajkot-born Pujara ninth, Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawanagar tenth – mirrors their geographical closeness. Born greater than a century aside, the 2, one royalty and the opposite working class, had cricket thrust upon them. Cricket for them didn’t show to be some compelled compulsion, it turned out to be a life-long pursuit.

    Like all princes within the days of Raj, Ranji went to the varsity established for the younger royals – Rajkot’s Rajkumar College. It was an institute that imparted English training and cricket classes. British coaches have been shipped in to show the heirs of princely states the nuance of the sport, the best conduct on the sphere and dressing room decorum.

    ANOTHER double century. 👏@cheteshwar1 💯💯 pic.twitter.com/UDNsrDDkfX

    — Sussex Cricket (@SussexCCC) April 30, 2022

    In India for a protracted haul, the colonists have been utilizing the sport to switch the native tradition with the British lifestyle. Their liasoning with the locals could be clean and worthwhile in the event that they spoke a typical language and comparable sensibilities. Cricket was a software of assimilation.

    Ranji, a minimum of on the pitch, proved to be a insurgent. Like the Englishmen, he didn’t supply a straight bat to the ball aimed toward him. As Neville Cardus wrote, as solely he can: “The honest length ball was not met by the honest straight bat, but there was a flick of the wrist, and lo! the straight ball was charmed away to the leg boundary. And nobody quite saw or understood how it all happened.”

    Early in his life Pujara too received a cricket bat in his hand, and that will be his guiding gentle and strolling stick for all times. Unlike Ranji, the son of a Railway worker Pujara wasn’t privileged. He had his father, Arvind, because the coach, who had his personal model of the MCC teaching guide. But just like the British coaches who skilled Ranji, Arvind too insisted that his son performed the sport the best way it must be.

    1⃣5⃣0⃣ 👏@cheteshwar1 = runs. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/7MB1TMbZGB

    — Sussex Cricket (@SussexCCC) April 30, 2022

    Despite being born in the identical metropolis the place Ranji received his education, Pujara couldn’t even dream of going to the Raj Kumar school. It wasn’t one thing his father might afford. With palaces beginning to get remodeled into boutique inns, Raj Kumar College could be the popular training institute of the area’s well-heeled elite.

    None of Pujara’s faculties – Sadguru Bal Mandir, Lal Bahadur Shastri Primary School, Virani High School, Ramesh Bhai Chhaya Boys School – might come near Raj Kumar College’s grandeur. Only one had a rudimentary play discipline. The one the place Pujara spent his last tutorial years, was bang in the course of a busy market, not removed from the Fire Brigade constructing and one smelly naala. It was an obscure constructing with a small courtyard being its solely open house.

    What attracted town’s finest expertise there was a cricket-crazy principal. “Since most young players would be busy playing tournaments, they would have attendance issues. At the end of the term, the principal and the PE teacher would magically show that the children had regularly attended school,” says Sr Pujara.

    Rizwan x Pujara pre-match prep. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/g3vVwefsQf

    — Sussex Cricket (@SussexCCC) April 30, 2022

    That fundamental perk was the explanation the varsity with no cricket floor or a training programme went on to win the state inter-school event. Legend has it that Pujara gained most video games single-handedly.

    With this fundamental assist system, nowhere close to the dimensions of Raj Kumar College or the Nawanagar Palace treasury, Pujara developed a recreation that took him to Ranji heights.

    As if there was one thing within the air that remained suspended for the reason that days of the Raj, Pujara, like Ranji, would develop a trait to work the straight ball on the pads to the leg aspect. With time, the well-known Ranji look would evolve. The fundamental wrist work remained the identical however the batsmen might now maneuver the ball in an even bigger arc. Pujara might work the ball from mid-on to fine-leg, the diploma of his wrist tweak deciding the angle the ball would take.

    ANOTHER 💯!@cheteshwar1 🤯 👏 pic.twitter.com/4nqhzhQjqW

    — Sussex Cricket (@SussexCCC) April 29, 2022

    The whip-cracking look could be within the quiver of most sub-continent batsmen however Pujara had one thing further. He had additionally retained in him cricket’s historic knowledge. He might play time, a fast-disappearing trait that was not taught at cricket camps. These days throughout summer time holidays, when the teaching centres get unusually flooded with impressionable children, it’s IPL that’s recent on their minds. Playing time was so boring, leaving the ball was sacrilege, having a couple of shot for a ball was a passport to franchise trials.

    Despite his IPL misadventure, Pujara’s batting remained pristine. His 15 double a whole lot level to an necessary facet of his batting. He is not any Sehwag. He can’t race to a 200 very quickly. Pujara must tempo his innings, await the unfastened ball, see via lethal spells and break the resolve of the opposition crew.

    He is aware of the artwork of survival, he can bide his time, be the predator with an unblinking deal with his prey’s one second of weak point or tiredness. Only those that can deal with dropped catches, play-and-miss blips as minor mishaps and transfer on, can climb to Mt 200, 15 instances. And the life classes learnt throughout these walkathons that programme a batsman to go on a run-binge after getting dropped from the nationwide crew.

    First-Class Most Double Hundreds in Career
    No. of Centuries
    Player’s Name
    Span
    37
    DG Bradman
    1928/29-1947/48
    36
    WR Hammond
    1925-1946/47
    22
    EH Hendren
    1919-1936
    17
    H Sutcliffe
    1922-1939
    17
    MR Ramprakash
    1992-2010
    16
    CB Fry
    1900-1912
    16
    JB Hobbs
    1909-1933
    16
    GA Hick
    1985-2004
    15
    CA Pujara
    2008/09-2022
    14
    KS Ranjitsinhji
    1897-1908
    14
    CG Greenidge
    1974-1990/91
    13
    WG Grace
    1866-1896
    13
    JT Tyldesley
    1898-1919
    13
    CP Mead
    1911-1933
    13
    WH Ponsford
    1922/23-1934
    13
    GA Gooch
    1980-1996
    13
    BC Lara
    1992/93-2006/07
    13
    KC Sangakkara
    2001/02-2017
    12
    P Holmes
    1920-1932
    12
    RB Simpson
    1959/60-1967/68
    12
    Javed Miandad
    1974/75-1988/89
    12
    JL Langer
    1993/94-2007
    12
    Younis Khan
    1998/99-2016
    11
    JW Hearne
    1911-1929
    11
    A Sandham
    1921-1937
    11
    VM Merchant
    1941/42-1946
    11
    L Hutton
    1937-1953/54
    11
    DS Lehmann
    1989/90-2006
    11
    CJL Rogers
    2005-2014
    10
    A Shrewsbury
    1882-1892
    10
    J Hardstaff
    1935/36-1951
    10
    RT Simpson
    1946-1952
    10
    VS Hazare
    1939/40-1957/58
    10
    GM Turner
    1971/72-1982
    10
    Zaheer Abbas
    1970/71-1982/83
    10
    G Boycott
    1967-1983
    10
    SM Gavaskar
    1970/71-1983/84
    10
    IVA Richards
    1975-1993
    10
    MW Gatting
    1983-1998
    10
    BJ Hodge
    2003-2008/09
    10
    RS Dravid
    1992/93-2009/10
    10
    DPMD Jayawardene
    1997/98-2013/14
    9
    R Abel
    1895-1901
    9
    FE Woolley
    1911/12-1935
    9
    GA Headley
    1927/28-1946/47
    9
    LEG Ames
    1928-1948
    9
    ED Weekes
    1949/50-1953/54
    9
    DCS Compton
    1939-1954
    9
    WJ Edrich
    1938-1956
    9
    PR Umrigar
    1952-1959
    9
    DM Jones
    1984/85-1996
    9
    MS Atapattu
    1995/96-2004
    9
    MEK Hussey
    2001-2005
    9
    ML Love
    1997/98-2008/09
    9
    MW Goodwin
    2001-2011
    9
    RT Ponting
    1994/95-2012/13
    9
    W Jaffer
    1996/97-2018/19
    9
    P Dogra
    2011/12-2019/20

    For any out-of-favour 34-year-old, like Pujara, the peace of mind of selectors of preserving the door open could sound hole however nonetheless they dig deep to search out motivation to be in reckoning once more.

    So when the selectors sit to weigh Pujara’s county runs, it wouldn’t be a call a couple of seasoned cricketer within the last hour of his profession. It could be a name on a time-tested batting method that has survived for the reason that Ranji days. As the 200 run-getters listing reveals, Pujara is the final of a breed. There wouldn’t be a like-for-like alternative for him.

    By turning the Pujara web page, the selectors will finish a chapter and shut a cricket e book perpetually. They must be cautious and really positive.

    Do ship your suggestions at [email protected].

    Sandeep Dwivedi

    National Sports Editor

  • Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammad Rizwan make Sussex debut in County cricket

    India’s Cheteshwar Pujara and Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan on Thursday made their Sussex debut for the sport in opposition to hosts Derbyshire within the County Championships Division 2 right here. While Pujara has performed first-class cricket in England prior to now, it’s the first outing for Pakistan wicketkeeper batter.

    Both have been named within the Sussex taking part in eleven which is captained by Tom Daines. With Derbyshire opting to bat, Pujara and Rizwan are anticipated to bat on day two. Both the gamers stand on the reverse finish of their worldwide careers. While Pujara will likely be aiming to attain a bagful of runs to make a Test comeback after being dropped following the tour of South Africa, Rizwan has been top-of-the-line wicket-keeper batters in worldwide cricket over the past couple of years.

    Divided by British, United by British #CountyCricket2022 pic.twitter.com/LgYekXrRz8

    — Fatima 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@Major_Basheer) April 10, 2022

    With Sussex having misplaced their opening sport, head coach Ian Salisbury included each abroad stars for the competition in opposition to Derbyshire.

    “I am extremely excited to be able to bring in players of Rizwan and Pujara’s quality into the side. Not only are they absolute world-class cricketers that will boost our performances on the pitch, but to have them around the boys and in the dressing room can only be a positive,” mentioned the pinnacle coach in a workforce assertion.

  • Suspended Ollie Robinson to return to cricketing motion with Sussex second crew

    Suspended England pacer Ollie Robinson, who had taken a brief break final week from worldwide cricket, will return to motion with Sussex’s second crew on Tuesday, the county introduced.
    Robinson was suspended by the ECB for his offensive racist and sexist tweets, courting again to 2012-13 when he was 18 and 19.
    The tweets surfaced when he was making his England debut in opposition to New Zealand at Lord’s earlier this month.
    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) suspended the 27-year-old from worldwide cricket pending an investigation.
    “Mitch Claydon is added to the Sharks squad as cover for the trip to Chelmsford. Henry Crocombe will not travel and will play in Sussex’s behind-closed-doors Second XI T20 matches against Hampshire at The 1st Central County Ground instead,” Sussex mentioned in a press release.
    “Henry will be joined by Ollie Robinson in the second team. Ollie makes his return to cricket after taking a short break last week,” it added.
    Robinson missed Sussex’s Vitality Blast T20 fixtures in opposition to Gloucestershire and Hampshire Hawks final week because the pacer determined to take a break to spend time along with his household.
    Robinson has already apologised for his tweets and he bought help from his teammates whilst a number of mentioned the ECB did the proper factor.