Senior India batter Cheteshwar Pujara may solely rating six off 15 balls in his first innings of the 2022 County Championship in Derby on Friday. Making his debut for Sussex, Pujara was dismissed within the twenty fourth over on day two of the division two sport in opposition to Derbyshire, who amassed 505 of their first innings.
It was not the perfect of begins to a county stint for Pujara who wants a bagful of runs to make a comeback into the Indian Test workforce.
The veteran batter was dropped from the nationwide following the collection in South Africa. Ajinkya Rahane too was ignored for the house collection in opposition to Sri Lanka.
Pujara was not included in India’s Test squad for a two-match Test collection at residence in opposition to Sri Lanka which they received 2-0. He was additionally downgraded from the BCCI contracts from A to B as nicely.
Star Pakistan keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan can be in Sussex enjoying eleven. At tea break, the away workforce was 92 for 4, trailing Derbyshire by 413 runs.
With Sussex having misplaced their opening sport of the season, their head coach Ian Salisbury included each abroad stars for the competition in opposition to Derbyshire.
“I am extremely excited to be able to bring in players of Rizwan and Pujara’s quality into the side. Not only are they absolute world-class cricketers that will boost our performances on the pitch, but to have them around the boys and in the dressing room can only be a positive,” mentioned the top coach in a workforce assertion.
Pujara has prior to now represented the likes of Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
The 34-year-old boasts of a stellar first-class file having amassed 16948 runs n 226 matches at a mean of fifty.59. He has additionally struck 50 centuries and 70 half-centuries to date with a greatest particular person rating of 352.
For Rizwan although. that is his first ever brush with county cricket.
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