Earlier this year, Cheteshwar Pujara, who has been a reliable batsman for India in Tests over the year, was dropped from the Indian team. But, he didn’t broke down and travelled to England to play in the English County Championship with Sussex.
He had a stunning County season with the Sussex, scoring over 1000 runs in just 8 matches. As a result, he called-back to the Indian team for the only and the 5th rescheduled Test match against England. However, it didn’t go well for him though.
He has once again joined the Sussex team, this time for the Royal London One Day Cup which is currently being played. As of writing this article, he has scored 367 runs in 5 matches, of which, he scored 281 runs in the previous two matches, and we have witnessed a different Pujara.
While Pujara is best known for his Test career, he was never given a huge run in the Indian ODI team. But, he certainly has proved that he is good enough for ODI cricket and the fans just cannot believe what they are seeing from Pujara, who is batting with over 130 strike rate.
Cheteshwar Pujara last two innings in this Royal London One-Day Cup:-
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) August 14, 2022
107(79).
174(131).
281 runs, 133.80 strike rate – Incredible Pujara. pic.twitter.com/sZd4XK0zmo
174 runs🏏
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) August 14, 2022
131 balls🏏
20 fours🏏
5 sixes🏏
Sussex captain Cheteshwar Pujara is enjoying his time in the Royal one-day cup. pic.twitter.com/uaX1bhxxNE
Believe Me , he is Cheteshwar Pujara 🔥🔥#cheteshwarpujara #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/wY4uTWkjX6
— ASH (@ASH181718) August 14, 2022
Selectors should consider him for next ODI series!!….can be a good backup for Kohli !
— just_for_fun (@just99920725) August 14, 2022
he is running more fast than ever 😄
— kalyan (@kalyanjac) August 14, 2022
