Cricket / Pujara wreaked havoc with the bat in England, hit a stormy century

Cricket | Cheteshwar Pujara, who is called the wall of the Indian Test team, has been making headlines with his bat in England for some time now. After scoring runs in county cricket, now Pujara's bat is also on fire in the Royal London One Day Cup. In the match against Warwickshire on Friday, Pujara scored a century off 73 balls, while he scored a total of 22 runs in an over with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. However, his team Sussex had to face defeat even after this brilliant performance. Let us tell you, Cheteshwar Pujara is the captain of the Sussex team at the Royal London One Day Cup.

Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Warwickshire's team scored 310 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 50 overs on the board on the basis of a century by opener Rob Yates. Rob played a blistering innings of 114 runs in 111 balls with the help of 14 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from him, Warwickshire captain Will Rhodes scored 76 and Michael Burgess scored 58.

Chasing the target of 311 runs, Sussex's team started well. In the form of Harrison Ward (22), the team got the first blow on the score of 35, while the second wicket fell for 112 runs. Cheteshwar Pujara, who came to bat at number four, not only handled the team while playing the captaincy innings but also scored a century in difficult conditions.

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TWENTY-TWO off the 47th over from @cheteshwar1. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/jbBOKpgiTI

— Sussex Cricket (@SussexCCC) August 12, 2022

Till the 44th over, Pujara was batting intelligently. When he was present at the crease on a personal score of 66 off 59 balls, his team needed 70 runs in the last 6 overs. Pujara then took on Norwell in the 45th over and scored 22 runs in this over. Pujara did not dot a ball of the over and made the over big with the help of 4,2,4,2,6 and 4.

After scoring 22 runs in the 45th over, Pujara's team needed 48 runs from 30 balls. The Indian batsman completed his century off 73 balls, but he was dismissed on the first ball of the 49th over when the team needed 20 runs from the last 12 balls. After Pujara's dismissal, the team could not recover and Sussex had to face defeat by 4 runs. Pujara played a brilliant innings of 107 runs in 79 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes.