Cheteshwar Pujara is on song at the ongoing Royal London One-Day Cup. (Screengrab) Cheteshwar Pujara continued his purple patch of form at the ongoing Royal London One-Day Cup.
Days after scoring two consecutive hundreds in the Royal London One-Day Cup, the right-hander scored his third ton for Sussex against Middlesex on Tuesday.
Pujara reached the 100-run mark off just 75 balls with 14 fours and two sixes. Pujara’s innings was laced with 20 fours and two maximums as he scored at a breathtaking strike rate of 146.66
Pujara, who is renowned for his red-ball exploits, has been phenomenal in List-A cricket and is averaging over 55 after his brilliant knock.
He became only the second batter ever to cross the mark after Australia’s Michael Bevan, for a minimum of 100 List-A innings played.
A century from just 75 balls for @cheteshwar1. 🤩 💯
Just phemeomenal. 💫 pic.twitter.com/z6vrKyqDfp
— Sussex Cricket (@SussexCCC) August 23, 2022
In his previous two hundreds, Pujara smashed a 131-ball 174, consisting 20 boundaries and five sixes. Incidentally, it was also his career-best A list score.
His first century was a 79-ball 107 against Warwickshire which ultimately ended in defeat as Sussex fell short of a 311-run target, losing by four runs.
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Pujara has been in blistering form in the Royal One Day Cup, where he is playing for Sussex and his registered scores of 9, 63, 14*, 107, 174, 49*, 66, 132.