Veteran India batter Cheteshwar Pujara has opened up on his time playing County Cricket, saying that playing for Sussex has helped him rejuvenate his India career too as well. However, Pujara scored a brilliant hundred on his captaincy debut for Sussex against Durham in the second division of the County Championship as well.

While speaking at the end of the day’s play, Pujara said that playing for Sussex has helped him in his career, adding that he will never forget the opportunity Sussex gave him as well. Pujara scored 115 runs off 163 balls as Sussex trailed Durham by 44 runs at the end of Day 2 as well.

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“It has (rejuvenated my career). If we look at last season, I was out of the Indian team and needed some runs to get back into the side. I got the right platform here, scored a few runs and got back into the team. There’s nothing like playing for the Indian team but Sussex has given me that opportunity and I’ll never forget that,” said Cheteshwar Pujara.

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He also added that he enjoys sharing the dressing room with young players who want to keep pushing themselves. His century was his 57th one in First-Class cricket among 246 matches and he has amassed over 18,000 runs in the format which came at an average of more than 51 as well.

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“The weather is much better here. The sun is out most of the time. The environment is really nice. If you look at the crowd, whenever they come, they support us. I feel whenever there is a young team, they are always motivated to keep working on their game, keep learning, and keep pushing themselves, and yes, I enjoy being in this environment,” Cheteshwar Pujara concluded.