It has been a dream run for Cheteshwar Pujara ever since he joined Sussex and the glittering stardust sprinkled further to another double century, as he rocked the English country fabric with another swashbuckling double-century.
This was the third 200 for Pujara in the colors of Sussex, as he steamrolled the bowling unit of Middlesbrough comfortably. He came out to bat at number four where Sussex teetered at 99 for the loss of 2.
Joining forces with Tom Alsop, he weathered the initial storm and then started flipping Middlesbrough’s forward surge into a cautious retreat as the balls would fly off his blade frequently, and trouble the scorekeepers.
Here is what Twitter had to say about Cheteshwar Pujara
Once Alsop fell, the support from the other end was very minimal but Pujara continued with his onslaught, leading from the front as the skipper of the side, stitching together one gorgeous stroke after the other. Danial Ibrahim chipped in with a crucial partnership, helping Pujara to extend his dominion for Sussex.
By the time he fell to Tom Helm, he already had 231 runs in his repertoire and helped Sussex amass 523 runs on the card. In this illustrious knock from Pujara, there would be 19 fours and 2 sixes that would set the perfect precedent for the wary aggression that would lay waste to the Middlesbrough bowlers.
Thanks to this wondrous knock, Pujara entered an elite club that made him the first Sussex player to score three double-hundreds in a season after almost 118 years.
He also carried his good form to the international arcade where he stitched together a crucial half-century for India in the second innings of the England Test. Pujara had started his Sussex stint with an excellent double-century against Derbyshire and backed it up with a fine century against Worcestershire and another 200 against Durham. Twitter was absolutely stunned to witness the resurgence of Cheteshwar Pujara after a lean patch that forced him out of the Indian squad when they took on Sri Lanka in February.
7⃣ Games, 5⃣ Hundreds.
One Cheteshwar Pujara 😍#cheteshwarpujara #CountyCricket #CountyCricket2022 #Cricket #TestCricket pic.twitter.com/4qhwxfgJfA
Advertisement— Betadda News (@betaddanews) July 20, 2022
Huge applause for Pujara at Lords, after scoring a brilliant knock of 231 as a captain for Sussex County.#cheteshwarpujara #India #CountyChampionship pic.twitter.com/Rjhm7rT1JV
Advertisement— Resanth. (@Cric_Resanth) July 20, 2022
Double hundred for Sussex captain Cheteshwar Pujara.
Advertisement— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42) July 20, 2022
Great to watch Sussex Pujara batting 190 at Lords …. in complete control , untroubled by short balls from Middlesex quick Umesh Yadav who is wicket less after 29 overs ! pic.twitter.com/3zHsxxxLdG
Advertisement— Amrit Mathur (@AmritMathur1) July 20, 2022
Most FC Double hundreds
(players who started in 1990 or later)AdvertisementMark Ramprakash – 17
Cheteshwar Pujara – 16
Brian Lara – 13
Kumar Sangakkara – 13
Justin Langer – 12
Younis Khan – 12
Chris Rogers – 11
Rahul Dravid – 10
Mahela Jayawardene – 10
Brad Hodge – 10— Krishna Kumar (@KrishnaKRM) July 20, 2022
Most double centuries by Indians in a County Championship season :-
3 – Nawab of Pataudi Sr. in 1933
3* (so far) – Cheteshwar Pujara in 2022(Note :- Pataudi scored his while he was an English Test cricketer)#LVCountyChamp
— Rhitankar Bandyopadhyay (@rhitankar8616) July 20, 2022
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Cheteshwar Pujara in the County Championship 2022:
6(15)
201*(387)
109(206)
12(22)
203(334)
16(10)
170*(197)
3(7)
46(76)
231(403)*Advertisement3 Double Hundreds in 7 matches 👏
One of the most clinical display by an Indian in County Cricket ✍️#CricketTwitter #Pujara
— Priyanshu Bhattacharya 🏏 (@im_Priyanshu_B7) July 20, 2022
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Every time Pujara has passed fifty in this year's County Championship, he has gone on to reach three figures.
Pujara now has 55 first-class hundreds to his name.#CountyCricket2022 pic.twitter.com/mLP9d3VcHn
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Appreciation and clapping for Cheteshwar Pujara from Lord's balcony when Pujara reached his double hundred. pic.twitter.com/4mcpvAMQXb
Advertisement— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) July 20, 2022
Well played, Captain Pujara – 231 runs from 403 balls including 21 fours and 3 sixes – he batted for 533 minutes against bowling unit if Umesh Yadav, Tim Murtagh & co.
AdvertisementWell played Pujji bhai🙌🏻#Cricket #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/sUJcEbcZN0
— MR RAM PATEL 🇬🇧 (@MrRamTweets) July 20, 2022
