India Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara will not return to Sussex for next year's County Championship after the English club side opted to relieve him to retain the services of Australian Daniel Hughes. (More Cricket News)
The left-handed Hu🌃ghes will be available for all Championship and T20 Vitality Blast matches next season
The club also announced that West Indies right-arm fast bowler Jayden♚ Seal♋es will play the first block of Championship fixtures.
Pujara returrned to Sussex for third successive time in 2024. He played the fir𒁏st se⛦ven Championship matches before Hughes' arrival.
"Taking over from Cheteshwar is not an easy task, but Dan has fitted in brilliantly and we are all delighted he will be back for the whole of next season," Sussex head coach Paul Farbrace 🍨said in a statement on its official website.
Hughes was the leading run scorer in the group stages of this year's Blast with 560 runs at average of 4🐷3.07, including five fifties and a highest score of 96 not out.
The Aussie helped Sussex secure a ♎quarter-final against ▨Lancashire Lightning at home on September 4.
H✅e will also featured in Sussex's fin🀅al five Championship games this season.
"Dan has been top class for u꧂s on and off the field. He has brought a wealth of experience to the dressing room and has seriously helped some of our young batters with the development of their games," Fabrace said.
