If there is a comeback then it will be like this, Sundar joins Anil Kumble’s club in the fourth match
Washington Sundar: The Indian team may be on the backfoot in the second Test against New Zealand, but if Team India has some chances alive in this match, all the credit for it should be given to Washington Sundar without any doubt. After New Zealand took 7 wickets in the first innings, he showed his amazing spin in the second innings and added three more wickets. In this way he managed to take 10 wickets in the match. Now he has joined the list of select players from India who have achieved this feat against New Zealand in Tests.
Ashwin has taken 10 wickets against New Zealand thrice, Anil Kumble and Sundar once
The Indian bowler who has taken 10 wickets in Tests against New Zealand the most number of times is Ravichandran Ashwin, who is also seen playing in this match. He has taken 10 wickets in three matches against this team. Apart from this, Anil Kumble along with Erapalli Prasanna and S Venkataraghavan have also taken 10 wickets once each against New Zealand. Now a new name of Washington Sundar has been added to it. The special thing is that Washington Sundar is playing only his fourth Test match and in this he has achieved this feat. The interesting thing is that Sundar had taken 5 wickets in the first innings of this match, he had done this work for the first time.
Sundar is returning after a long time
Washington Sundar was not included in Team India for this series, but when the Indian team lost the first Test match in Bengaluru, suddenly the selectors remembered Sundar. He was not only included in the team but was also kept in the playing eleven. Sundar took advantage of this opportunity as soon as he came and performed a miracle by taking seven wickets in the very first innings. No New Zealand batsman could play Sundar properly.
It is very difficult for Team India to save the match from here.
However, when Sundar had dismissed the New Zealand team cheaply by taking seven wickets and Ashwin by taking three wickets, the onus was on the batsmen to score a big score, but it could not happen. In the very first innings, New Zealand took a lead of more than 100 runs and pushed the Indian team on the backfoot. Now this contest seems quite stuck. If Team India bats in the same style for which they are known and recognized, then the match can be won, but if the situation is the same as before, then another defeat does not seem far away.
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