Washington Sundar made his Test debut in 2021. He played the last Test on March 4, 2021. He took only 6 wickets in 7 innings of 4 Tests of his career.
He was not in India’s first Test team against New Zealand at home. He was not even in the squad for the second Test three days ago. But in the last match of the Ranji Trophy, Washington came into the discussion with a century (152) against Delhi for Tamil Nadu and 3 wickets in both innings. He was then called up to the second Test team. Get a chance in the best XI in the morning.
Then he showed Velki. This offspinner bowled 23.1 overs and took a career best 7 wickets with 59 runs including 4 maidens. Ravichandran Ashwin took the remaining three wickets. New Zealand batted first in the second Test and were bowled out for 259 runs in 79.1 overs.
After that, India went into bat and ended the first day with 16 runs after losing 1 wicket in 11 overs. They are still behind the visitors by 243 runs. Yasswi Jaiswal 6 and Shubman Gill are unbeaten on 10 runs. Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 1 run.
However, New Zealand lost their first wicket by 32 runs. Tom Latham returns for 15 off Ashwin. Will Young (18) returned as Ashwin’s second victim after 76 runs. From there, Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra took the team’s total to 138. Ashwin made Conway his third victim at the head of this run. The opening batsman scored 41 runs off 11 fours.
Then Racine took the team collection to 197 with Daryl Mitchell. Then New Zealand got all out to go from 197 to 259 for 3 wickets. Washington wreaks havoc on their large collection of canvases. The Kiwis go all out, disorientated by his whirlwind magic.
Racine, who scored 65 runs with 5 fours and 1 six in the head of the team’s 197 runs, started back to Washington. And at the time of 259 runs Mitchell Santner ended the innings of the Black Caps.
Five of Washington’s seven wickets were bowled. Besides, one was LBW and one was cut and bowled.
Santner scored 33 runs off Conway and Rachin’s fifties. 18 runs came from Daryl’s bat. None of the rest could reach the double digit quota.
After losing the first Test, India now have a mission to protect their record of 18th consecutive series win. Equality will return if this test is won. If they lose, they will lose the series at home after 18 series.
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