WATCH: Cheteshwar Pujara Smacks Another Thunderous Ton In England; Powers His Team To 400 Runs

Cheteshwar Pujara has continued his tremendous form in England's ongoing Royal London One Day Cup. In the match played on Tuesday, the Indian batter smacked his third century of the tournament. While leading the Sussex side, Cheteshwar Pujara scored 132 runs in 90 balls against Middlesex, during which he smacked 20 fours & 2 sixes. 

During his knock, Pujara brought up his ton in just 75 balls and smashed 32 runs off the last 15 balls he faced. 

In the 8 Royal London One Day matches, Pujara has an average of 102.3 while striking at 116.28, smacking 614 runs which include three hundred and two half-centuries. 

Apart from Pujara, opening batter Tom Alsop smacked an unbeaten 189 runs in 155 balls with 19 fours and 5 sixes, due to which Sussex posted a mammoth total of 400 runs in 50 overs for 4 wickets. 

In reply, Middlesex were bowled out for 243 runs in 38.1 overs. Wicket-keeper Joe Cracknell was the top scorer for Middlesex with 71 runs. Apart from Cracknell, none of the other batters were able to cross the 30-run mark. 

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Sussex registered a massive 157-run win in this match. Sussex is currently on top of Group A in the points table, winning 6 out of 8 matches played while losing 2 of them, and have a better NRR than second-placed Leicestershire.