Watch: Cheteshwar Pujara slams 90-ball 132 as Sussex makes 400

Cheteshwar Pujara has carried on his scintillating white-ball form at the ongoing Royal London One-Day Cup for Sussex, registering another stroke-filled hundred against Middlesex at Hove’s County Ground on Monday. 

The Sussex skipper struck 132 off 90 - his third hundred of the season to go with two fifties - as his side finished 400/4 in the allotted 50 overs after having been put in.

The right-hander smashed 20 fours and two sixes, and was involved in a 240-run second wicket stand with opener Tom Alsop, before being dismissed by right-arm seamer Max Harris in the 45th over of the innings. Alsop himself smashed an unbeaten 189, smashing 19 hits to the fence and five over it in his 155-ball stay.

Left-arm spinner Thilan Walallawita returned 1/32 from 10 overs, while Ireland quick Tim Murtagh finished 0/56 on a day when all other Middlesex bowlers were given a runaround.

Pujara’s scores in the ongoing competition now read 9, 63, 14*, 107, 174*, 49*, 66 and 132 the two previous tons having come against Warwickshire and Surrey respectively. He has aggregated 614 runs at 102.33, while having maintained a strike-rate of 116.28 in the tournament, which puts him second in the run-scorers list behind Middlesex’s Stephen Eskinazi. Overall, Pujara has struck 60 fours and 11 sixes at the One-Day Cup 2022 thus far.

Watch Cheteshwar Pujara’s stroke-filled 132 off 90 against Middlesex here:

Both Sussex and Middlesex had five wins from seven games coming into today’s match, the latter currently occupying the top-position in the Group A points table on virtue of a superior net run-rate. Gloucestershire and Leicestershire follow at third and fourth with as many points, the former having played an extra game.

Hampshire and Lancashire take the top two standings in Group B with 12 and 11 points respectively.

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