Senior India Test batter Cheteshwar Pujara is excited to be back among runs with a century in his county season-opener for Sussex and said things that he's been working on are "paying off". (More Cricket News)
By hi🐻s standards, the India No. 3 had a lacklustre outing against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy,🐭 scoring just one half-century in four Tests.
"Things which I've been working on is paying off," Pujara said after his 163-ball 115, his sixth♔ hundred for Sussex.
"As a batter, when you start well, 🍸you feel confident. I hope to carry on from here and keep scoring runs throughout the season," said𒈔 Pujara, a vital cog in India's Test batting line-up.
Away from the IPL limelight, Pujara is back 🔯at the English county, which will serve as his preparation for the marquee World Test Championship final against Australia in two months' time.
India won the Bo🐭rder Gavaskar Trophy 2-1 to make a back-to-back WTC final, w♔hich is slated to be held at The Oval from June 7-11.
In reply to Durham's 376, Sussex were struggling at 91/4 when skipper Pujara took charge of the proceedings in a 112-run partnersꦐhip with Oliver Carter (41) on day two of the match,♔ on Friday.
Sussex made 335 in the first inn🦋ings to cut the defi👍cit to 41 runs.
"It was an important knock for the team as well. We could still have batted a bit better, but we are still not too far behind,&q🅠uot; he said in a video posted by Suss♚ex.
"I love batting on this pitch. It's important to get ♑a good start. I'm really happy with the way things went.
"We needed some partnerships, at one point we were in a spot of bother when we lost four wick🌺ets for 91. So that partnership was important.
"Some of them were unfortunate and soft dismissals. I've a﷽lready spoken to the guys. If we get good start, we can chase it down," Pujara added.
Pujꦆara had scored five hundreds and was the fourth-highest rꩲun scorer in the championship last season, amassing 1094 runs in eight games.
