A double century from Cheteshwar Pujara and captain Tom Haynes, who had been making an attempt to make a comeback within the Indian workforce, noticed Sussex play a follow-on within the English County Championship Division 2 to stop Derbyshire to a draw. Pujara, taking part in his first match within the present season, performed an unbeaten 201 runs in 387 balls with the assistance of 23 fours.

Apart from scoring a double century, Haynes (243 runs in 491 balls, 22 fours) shared a 351 run partnership for the third wicket as Sussex scored 513 for 3 within the second innings.

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Pujara was dropped from the Indian Test workforce after the South Africa tour. 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 presently ranked final amongst eight groups within the County Championship Division 2 however have 13 factors from two matches. The workforce needed to face defeat towards Nottinghamshire of their first match.