The veteran Indian Test specialist batter Cheteshwar Pujarar is enjoying the form of his life in red-ball cricket. The senior Rajkot batter is in a golden run of form with the bat in the ongoing English County Championship while playing for his team Sussex. Pujara smashed the third consecutive century for Sussex in the match against Worcestershire.
Notably, Pujara is also playing in the role of the skipper for the Sussex in the ongoing match against Worcestershire. He smashed 136 runs with 19 boundaries and a six to his name taking his team ahead with a lead of 109 runs after the first innings.
Subsequently, the fans are also elated and ecstatic following this knock from Cheteshwar Pujara as his form is very crucial for the national side of India. Pujara is one of the key players in the squad of India for the much-anticipated final match of the Test Championship against Australia next month on the 7th of June.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Wtc final me bhi 100s 200s marni hai puji bhai
— Abhinav singh (@Abhinav_tmk) May 5, 2023
The likes of Pujara & Rahane definitely deserve a WTC trophy for their efforts in a decade playing mainly one format.
— movieman (@movieman777) May 5, 2023
My one of biggest dream was to see steve smith and pujara playing in a same team in test match
— Zebra (@Zebra77742100) May 5, 2023
Just pray to GOD , He doesn't get injured . He will be very important player for us .
— Aryan 🇮🇳 (@RealAryan29) May 5, 2023
Pujara for Sussex : pic.twitter.com/dcMDnLiQcT
— Naveen (@_naveenish) May 5, 2023
Entire WTC squad is preparing for T20 wc playing IPL while legend Pujara boycotting IPL just to prepare for WTC 2023.
— Anant Kashyap (@theanantkashyap) May 5, 2023
King Pujara's dedication >>> all
That to off just 138 deliveries well done
— Bruh (@iamBruh18) May 5, 2023
And btw Is he playing division 1?
Other players also need to play County cricket to prepare for WTC Final
— Sahil Patel (@SahilPat99) May 5, 2023
Fabulous century !
— Cricpedia. (@_Cricpedia) May 5, 2023
Hoping same form for WTC Finalpic.twitter.com/hFWG9EeMJu
Bold prediction
— Vicky Mehra (@Vickymehra05) May 5, 2023
World Cup final mein 1st innings mein under 20 out ho jayega or 2nd inning mein jyada se jyada 30+ maarega bas 😑😑😑😑😑
Hope he will retain some of that form till the finals and not exhaust it all playing for Sussex!
— Curioustweeter 🇮🇳 (@Curioustweeter9) May 5, 2023
Talking about the ongoing activities of the Division Two match between Sussex and Worcestershire, the latter have scored 8 for the loss of now wicket in 2.3 overs in the second innings at the time of filling this copy.
Coming back to Team India’s preparations for the Test Championship, they will mostly rely on the veterans like Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara considering their target for the first title win in the Test Championship.
Here’s a look at the squad of India for the Test Championship Final against Australia:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, K L Rahul, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, and Jaydev Unadkat.