Indian cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara clinched his second check hundred for Sussex within the ongoing County Championship Division Two 2023 at Bristol in England on Saturday. On the third day of the check match between Sussex and Gloucestershire, Pujara scored 151 in 238 balls, comprising 20 fours and two sixes within the first innings. Till he was within the crease, Sussex had reached 408 runs dropping 4 wickets. Tom Alsop (67) and James Coles (74) additionally performed a serving to hand from the opposite facet. Earlier Pujara had scored Pujara scored 115 off 163 balls towards Durham within the first innings. His knock consisted of 13 fours and a six. This is his seventh century in county cricket. He has been in a position to convert all his fifty-plus scores into centuries.

His knock helped his facet attain a complete of 335 runs in reply to the first-inning complete of 376 runs posted by Durham. Sussex received the match by two wickets finally.

Pujara was in superb kind for Sussex final 12 months as properly. In eight matches final 12 months within the Championship, he scored 1,094 runs at a mean of 109.40. He scored 5 half-centuries final 12 months, with the very best rating of 231.

He was the fourth-highest run-scorer within the division behind Wayne Madsen (1,273 for Derbyshire), Haseeb Hameed (1,235 for Nottinghamshire) and Sam Northeast (1,189 for Glamorgan).

Pujara additionally carried out very well within the One-Day Cup final 12 months. In 9 matches, he scored 624 runs at a mean of 89.14 and a strike charge of 111.62. He scored three centuries and two half-centuries and the very best rating of 174. He led his facet to the semi-final of the event as a skipper.

The middle-order batter’s century is an encouraging signal for India, which is getting ready for the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23 closing towards Australia, which is able to happen from June 7 at The Oval in London.

Pujara displayed superb kind for India final 12 months, scoring 409 runs in 5 Tests and 10 innings at a mean of 45.44. He scored a century and three half-centuries final 12 months, with the very best rating of 102*.

However this 12 months, his statistics have been bizarre to date. In 4 Tests and 6 innings this 12 months, he has scored 140 runs at a mean of 28.00. Only one half-century has come out of his bat, together with his greatest rating being 59.

Since 2022 County Championship, Pujara has performed 18 innings within the event, scoring 1426 runs with a mean of 95.07 consisting of seven tons of, out of which three are double centuries.