Cheteshwar Pujara, who’s attempting to make a comeback into the Indian workforce, saved Sussex’s hopes alive of drawing the match on the fourth and ultimate day as Sussex performed a follow-on in opposition to Derbyshire with a century in his debut match of the present season of the English County Championship Division 2. Pujara, who was dropped from the Indian Test workforce after the tour of South Africa, remained on the crease after scoring 115 runs in 248 balls with the assistance of 16 fours.

He shared an unbroken 232 for the third wicket with captain and opener Tom Haynes (205 not out, 386 balls, 20 fours) as Sussex took a 46-run lead at 377 for 2 within the second innings. Is.

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Derbyshire declared the primary innings at 505 for eight, in response to which Sussex had been bundled out for 174 within the first innings and had been pressured to follow-on. Pujara returned to the pavilion after scoring simply six runs within the first innings.

The Sussexes are at present ranked final of eight in County Championship Division 2 with simply 5 factors. The workforce needed to face defeat in opposition to Nottinghamshire of their first match.