County Championship: Where most of the players of the Indian team are currently playing in the 16th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). At the same time, Cheteshwar Pujara, an essential part of the Indian Test team, is showing his bat in the County Championship 2023. Pujara has now played a brilliant century in the match against Gloucestershire. Let us tell you that this Second Division County Championship match is being played at Edgbaston ground.
Cheteshwar Pujara, playing for Sussex, completed his century facing 191 balls on the third day of the game. Pujara had also started this county season with century innings when he scored 115 runs while captaining the team in the match against Durham.
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Cheteshwar Pujara Left Wasim Jaffer Behind In This Matter
With this century, Cheteshwar Pujara left behind former Indian opening batsman Wasim Jaffer’s record of centuries in first-class cricket. Wasim Jaffer scored 57 first-class centuries in his cricket career. Now 58 first-class centuries have been registered in the name of Cheteshwar Pujara.
Before the final match of the World Test Championship, this form of Cheteshwar Pujara was a matter of great happiness for the Indian team. India has to play the title match against Australia at The Oval from June 7, in which Pujara can play a very important role with the bat.
The 35-year-old Pujara has scored 280 runs in 5 innings in this county season. On the other hand, Cheteshwar Pujara has now come to the list after Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid and Vijay Hazare in terms of most centuries in the first class.
