Pujara scored 107 runs in 79 balls against Warwickshire on Friday. He also scored 22 runs in the 45th over. On Sunday, while captaining Sussex, Pujara played a brilliant innings of 174 runs in 131 balls against Surrey. With his astonishing knock of 20 fours and five sixes, Pujara now holds the record for the highest score by a Sussex batsman in a List A cricket competition in the United Kingdom, against Hampshire in 2019 by Namibian all-rounder David There are more than 171 made by Wise.
Pujara also made his highest score in List A cricket. He scored an unbeaten 158 runs representing India B at Rajkot in 2012. Pujara scored his second consecutive century in the competition, scoring 107 off 79 balls against Warwickshire on Friday. From where he left the bat against Warwickshire, he scored fast against Surrey. Pujara, as captain of the Sussexes, came to bat when the team was 9/2.
His thrilling knock of 174 runs took Sussex to 378/6 in 50 overs. Pujara also shared a 205-run partnership with Tom Clarke, who also put on 104 runs for the third wicket. After Clarke’s dismissal, Pujara continued to attack the Surrey bowlers. Before he was dismissed in the 48th over, 74 runs came off his last 28 balls with the bat. His effort was enough for Sussex to bowl out Surrey for 162 runs and win the match by a huge margin of 216 runs. In his matches so far, Pujara has been brilliant and even fired lap shots, which has surprised many cricket fans in India and around the world.
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