India Take a look at specialist Cheteshwar Pujara won’t return to Sussex for subsequent 12 months’s County Championship after the English membership aspect opted to alleviate him to retain the providers of Australian Daniel Hughes.
The left-handed Hughes can be obtainable for all Championship and T20 Vitality Blast matches subsequent season. The membership additionally introduced that West Indies right-arm quick bowler Jayden Gross sales will play the primary block of Championship fixtures.
Pujara returned to Sussex for a 3rd successive time in 2024. He performed the primary seven Championship matches earlier than Hughes’ arrival.
“Taking up from Cheteshwar shouldn’t be a straightforward process, however Dan has fitted in brilliantly and we’re all delighted he can be again for the entire of subsequent season,” Sussex head coach Paul Farbrace mentioned in a press release on their official web site.
Hughes was the main run scorer within the group levels of this 12 months’s Blast with 560 runs at common of 43.07, together with 5 fifties and a highest rating of 96 not out.
The Aussie helped Sussex safe a quarter-final in opposition to Lancashire Lightning at residence on September 4. He will even function in Sussex’s ultimate 5 Championship video games this season.
“Dan has been top-class for us on and off the sphere. He has introduced a wealth of expertise to the dressing room and has significantly helped a few of our younger batters with the event of their video games,” Farbrace mentioned.
Pujara had scored 100 in his final outing for Sussex in Middlesex within the final outing of the 2024 season in Could. Snubbed from the Indian Take a look at aspect, Pujara was additionally not named within the 4 squads chosen for the primary spherical of subsequent month’s Duleep Trophy. In the meantime, Pujara’s Saurashtra teammate Jaydev Unadkat has linked up with the Sussex aspect to proceed his stint from the earlier season.
– With PTI inputs