Washington Sundar creates history, becomes only Indian spinner in 51 years to…
New Delhi: India’s spin all-rounder Washington Sundar played a key role in getting the host team out cheaply by wreaking havoc with his spin in the second innings of the third Test of the series being played at Lord’s against England. Both teams were able to score 387-387 runs in the first innings of this match. The English team, which came to play in the second innings without any lead, had the challenge of scoring a big score. But Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep demolished England’s top order with the new ball. But Washington Sundar, who came to bowl after the ball got old, showed the magic of spin and strengthened the chances of Team India’s victory by bowling out strong players like Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Jamie Smith and sending them back to the pavilion.
What feat did Washington Sundar achieve at Lord’s in 51 years?
Washington Sundar took 4 wickets for 22 runs in 12.1 overs. Sundar took all four wickets by bowling out the English batsmen. England were all out for 192 runs in the second innings. Sundar took the last wicket of the innings in the form of Shoaib Bashir. This performance by Sundar is the best by any Indian bowler at Lord’s in the last 51 years. In 1974, Bishan Singh Bedi took 6 wickets for 226 runs here.
What position did Washington Sundar achieve?
Washington has reached the fourth position among the Indian bowlers who have given the best bowling performance on the historic ground of Lord’s. Sundar is at the fourth position (22/4) after Bishan Singh Bedi (6/226), Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (5/127), Vinoo Mankad (5/196). He broke S Venkataraghavan’s record of 4 wickets for 52 runs.
Which big feat did he achieve?
By taking 4 wickets for 22 runs, Washington completed his 100 wickets in international cricket. He now has 102 wickets to his credit. Sundar has taken 30 wickets in 11 Tests, 24 wickets in 23 ODIs and 48 wickets in 54 T20I matches so far. He had to bowl in 92 innings of 88 matches to touch the figure of 100 wickets in international cricket.
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