Something surprising happened in the Pune test (Photo: PTI)
A scene was seen for the fourth time in 4 decades in the Test match being played between India and New Zealand in Pune. A coincidence occurred after 8 years. And believe me, every time this has happened before, the Indian team won the test match. So will the result be the same this time too? Obviously, even before answering this question, curiosity would be growing in your mind and heart to know what that coincidence is? What happened in the Pune Test and was seen for the fourth time in 4 decades?
A match involving Sundar will bring victory to team India!
The coincidence and fourth sighting we are talking about is linked to the miracle performed by Washington Sundar. Washington Sundar, who played a Test match for Team India after 1329 days, took 7 wickets for 59 runs against New Zealand in the first innings of the Pune Test. This was the best Test innings performance of his career so far. But at the same time, a coincidence also happened after 8 years of Washington Sundar doing this.
In fact, this was seen again after 8 years, when an Indian spinner took 7 wickets for 59 runs in a Test innings against New Zealand. In 2016, Ashwin did this in the Test played against New Zealand in Indore. He then took 7 wickets for 59 runs in the second innings. Thanks to Ashwin’s charismatic performance, India won the match by a huge margin of 321 runs.
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Incidentally, the coincidence of an Indian bowler taking 7 wickets for 59 runs in a Test innings occurred even after 8 years. But this is the fourth time that the Indian team has seen such a scene on the Test cricket field. The important thing is that in the last four decades, every time an Indian bowler has taken 7 wickets for 59 runs, India has won that match.
Talking about the 1990s, in the year 1994, Anil Kumble took 7 wickets for 59 runs in the second innings of the test match played against Sri Lanka in Lucknow. Thanks to that feat of Kumble, India won the Test match by a huge margin of one innings and 119 runs.
If we talk about the 2000s, Irfan Pathan had done such wonders. In 2005, he took 7 wickets for 59 runs in the first innings of the Test match played against Zimbabwe in Harare. Thanks to the unrivaled performance of Irfan Pathan, India won the test match by 10 wickets.
We have already talked about Ashwin’s amazing work in the 2010s and his results in the year 2016. And, now in the 2020s, Washington Sundar has tried to make the year 2024 memorable by taking 7 wickets for 59 runs. So, will this performance witness India’s victory in the Pune Test like the last three occasions?
