Cheteshwar Pujara’s love affair with the English summer season continued as he scored his second List A ton in three video games to information Sussex to a snug four-wicket victory over Somerset in an One Day Cup recreation. Pujara anchored a 319-run chase with an unbeaten 117 off 113 balls to take Sussex residence with 11 balls to spare on Friday. Pujara’s ton, nevertheless, didn’t result in any change in Sussex’s place within the group desk as they remained on the backside of group B amongst 9 groups after notching up their first win on this 12 months’s competitors.

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Pujara, who final performed for India in World Test Championship ultimate earlier than being dropped for the next tour of West Indies, has been in prime kind for the higher a part of the final two County season for Sussex the place he has scored in each first-class and List A video games.

In truth, Pujara joined Sussex for the reminder of the season after finishing his Duleep Trophy project for the West Zone.

For somebody, who is taken into account a red-ball specialist, Pujara enjoys an astonishing List A common of 58.48 in 121 video games and Friday’s ton was his sixteenth within the 50-over format. He hit 11 boundaries within the course of.

For Somerset, Andrew Umeed (119) and Curtis Campher (101) added 163 runs as they scored 318/6 in 50 overs on good batting strip.

While chasing, Pujara stored the scoreboard ticking at one finish whereas including 88 runs with Tom Alsop (60) and some extra quick however helpful stands that took them previous the goal.

Pujara’s sequence of scores in someday competitors is 23 vs Durham, 106 not out vs Northamptonshire, 56 vs Derbyshire earlier than this recreation.

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