WATCH: Cheteshwar Pujara Makes His Presence Felt; Scores Fifty On Sussex Debut

Cheteshwar Pujara smacked a fifty on his Sussex debut.

These have been a rough couple of years for Cheteshwar Pujara. His loss of form and lack of centuries made his strong portfolio a bit weak. The lack of runs and the outburst of Indian batting talent finally hit him when he was dropped for the home series vs Sri Lanka in February 2022. 

He went back to Ranji Trophy to get back into the rhythm and scored a few runs here and there. To further level up his game and face a new variety of bowlers in tough conditions - Pujara went to Sussex to play County cricket in England. 

Pujara, along with Pakistan's new star Mohammad Rizwan made their debut for Sussex together against Derbyshire. 

Although Pujara didn't have a great start as he got out for six runs in 15 balls in the first inning as Sussex got bowled out for 174 and got asked to follow-on. 

In the 2nd inning, Pujara got pushed to the number four spot. Pujara did what he does the best. Dug in and grinded out the Derbyshire bowlers to reach his maiden fifty for Sussex. 

He went back to the pavilion at the end of the day 3 scoring an unbeaten 57 runs in 129 balls. Pujara hit nine fours during his inning so far. He added 133 runs with Tom Haines, who himself is on 164*, for the third wicket. 

Quality knock, @cheteshwar1.

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— Sussex Cricket (@SussexCCC) April 16, 2022