All I've never done the diagonals before... oops.
https://imgur.com/a/Dfxf9CJ (before picking 2 / 6 / 7.)
if you like sudoku, you owe it to yourself to check out the "cracking the cryptic" youtube channel and get introduced to the delightful world of variant sudoku.
https://www.sudokuwiki.org/sudokux.aspx is a useful site. I'm personally a fan of the killer variety.
Its solver is interesting in showing the individual steps.
For the same puzzle, https://www.sudokuwiki.org/sudokux.aspx?bd=06039000804900150...