Veteran India batter Cheteshwar Pujara roared again to kind on Saturday after he efficiently guided Sussex to a cushty four-wicket victory over Somerset in an One Day Cup sport. Pujara performed a an unbeaten knock of 117 off 113 balls and took Sussex throughout the road with 11 balls in hand. The 35-year-old batter was dropped from the nationwide facet after India’s debacle within the World Check Championship ultimate towards Australia in June. Nevertheless, Pujara continued to indicate his batting prowess in Checklist A cricket.

After the victory towards Somerset, Pujara said that he’s nonetheless there in India’s scheme of issues and is hopeful of constructing a comeback into the nationwide crew.

“Look, I all the time attempt to management the issues which I can. It is all the time about getting as many runs as attainable in no matter video games I play. I’m nonetheless within the scheme of issues. So, I hope that the second I begin scoring extra runs in first-class video games, I can be again within the crew. However I’ll attempt to be in current, attempt to take one sport at a time,” stated Pujara in an interview with Sussex Cricket.

The proper-handed batter has been in his prime kind for the higher a part of the final two County season for Sussex the place he has scored in each first-class and Checklist A video games.

Coming to the match, Andrew Umeed (119) and Curtis Campher (101) added 163 runs as Somerset scored 318/6 in 50 overs on good batting strip.

Whereas chasing, Pujara stored the scoreboard ticking at one finish whereas including 88 runs with Tom Alsop (60) and some extra brief however helpful stands that took them previous the goal.

Pujara’s sequence of scores in someday competitors is 23 vs Durham, 106 not out vs Northamptonshire, 56 vs Derbyshire earlier than this sport.