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Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara has recently hit his third double hundred of the ongoing County season, while playing for Sussex. In the first leg of the tournament, he has scored 700 plus runs including two double hundreds. Pujara was rewarded with a spot in the Indian team because of this performance and he played in the rescheduled fifth Test against England. The right-hander scored a half-century in the second innings.
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With no Test matches slotted in the next few months, the Saurashtra player has resumed playing the tournament. The 34-year-old started from where he left before playing for India. Once again, he has scored a double hundred. This performance came against Middlesex and became the first Sussex player to score a double hundred at Lord's against Middlesex.
Notably, the last Sussex player to score a double hundred at the same venue and against the same team was Colonel HH Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II 125 years ago. However, the Indian fans aren't happy even after the marathon effort. They feel that there is no use in scoring this many runs in County Cricket if he can do the same for India.
The former vice-captain had lost his place in the team early this year after a string of failures. He then went to play red-ball cricket in England and his performances were the talk of the town. It will be interesting to see how many runs he will score at the end of the season.
He is nearing 1000 runs and will be looking to get more as the Ranji Trophy is set to start very late this year. Notably, he mostly plays red-ball cricket in the Indian domestic circuit. Talking about the match, his innings helped the team get to 523 while batting first. In reply, the home team has scored 485 all-out. In the second innings, the visitors have lost one wicket and scored 38 runs at the time of writing. The second wicket will bring Pujara at the crease. In the meanwhile, fans are frustrated over the fact that he couldn't play the same way in the international arena this year.
This is how Twitter reacted
Aur yeh aadmi ak dhang ki innings nahi khel pata India ke liye england mai
— Dinesh Jangid (@simplydineshh4) July 20, 2022
Like Indian team q runs ni Bana paty hn. England k khilaf b ni Chala tha. Ab Kia faida national team k Lia score ni Kar paty.
— Naseem Shigri (@NaseemShigri8) July 20, 2022
He failed only twice in England this summer and that was when Indian team needed him to score
— Dev singh (@_devsingh19) July 20, 2022
If he can't score for India then it doesn't matter how many double or triple hundred he score in County
— 🕷️🕸️ Spidey (@Healthynikita) July 20, 2022
5th test mai iska half hi khel leta😭
— Vihit❤️ (@vihit14) July 20, 2022
Wish he could have delivered in the final test against England.
— Sandip (@ItsSengupta) July 20, 2022
He seems to be playing good. But what matters when he performs the classic wall like No. 3 for Team India in English conditions and tests. We need his old form where he can bat for hours and just make the opposition wait and watch.
— में.तेरा-DJay🇮🇳 (@JDharwadkar) July 20, 2022
Bashing farmers easily
— Hitman zindabad (@KrrishK43904676) July 20, 2022
If he can't score for India then it doesn't matter how many double or triple hundred he score in County
— 🕷️🕸️ Spidey (@Healthynikita) July 20, 2022
In what way did it help the team in the last test match. Nothing.
— Bshal 🇮🇳 (@imbshal) July 20, 2022
Losing the actuals.