Cheteshwar Pujara scored 174 runs in 131 balls. His innings included 20 fours and 5 sixes. He completed his century in 103 balls. After scoring a century, he changed the way he played. Pujara hit 74 runs in the next 28 balls. Sussex had lost two wickets for 9 runs. After this, Pujara made a partnership of 205 runs with Tom Clark (104) for the third wicket.
List A’s biggest innings
This is also Cheteshwar Pujara’s biggest innings in List A cricket. Earlier, his highest innings was 158*, which Pujara played for India B in the 2012 Challenger Trophy. This is his 13th century in List A cricket. Pujara, who has played only 5 ODIs for India, has scored an average of 55 in List A cricket. But in 5 innings for India, only 51 runs came off his bat. During this his strike rate was only 39.23. This is also the biggest innings of a Sussex batsman in List A.
Surrey’s target of 379
Batting first, Sussex scored 378 for 6 wickets. Surrey have to score 379 runs to win the match. Pujara became the victim of Conor McCarre on the third ball of the 48th over. Yousef Majid was the most expensive bowler for Surrey. He gave away runs in 6 overs with an economy of 9. Pujara’s team Surrey has played four matches so far, in which it has got two wins and two losses.