But to arrange for the marquee World Test Championship remaining towards Australia in June, Pujara is again on the English county and his transfer appeared to have paid off effectively as he scored a century within the season-opener for Sussex.
“Things which I’ve been working on are paying off,” Pujara stated 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,” stated Pujara, a significant cog in India’s Test batting line-up.
India gained the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2-1 to make a back-to-back WTC remaining, which is slated to be held at The Oval from June 7-11.
In reply to Durham’s 376, Sussex had been struggling at 91/4 when skipper Pujara took cost of the proceedings in a 112-run partnership with Oliver Carter (41) on day two of the match, on Friday.
Sussex made 335 within the first innings to chop the deficit 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,” he stated in a video posted by Sussex.
“I love batting on this pitch. It’s important to get a good start. I’m really happy with the way things went.
“We wanted some partnerships, at one level we had been in a spot of hassle once we misplaced 4 wickets for 91. So that partnership was necessary.
“Some of them were unfortunate and soft dismissals. I’ve already spoken to the guys. If we get good start we can chase it down,” Pujara added.
Pujara had scored 5 lots of and was the fourth highest run scorer within the championship final season, amassing 1094 runs in eight video games.
(With PTI Inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com