If there is a comeback it will be like this: Sundar joins Anil Kumble’s club in the fourth match
Sundar from Washington: The Indian team may be on the defensive in the second Test against New Zealand, but if the Indian team has any chances in this match, all the credit must surely be given to Washington Sundar. After New Zealand took 7 wickets in the first innings, they showed their incredible turn in the second innings and added three more wickets. In this way he managed to take 10 wickets in the match. He has now joined the list of select Indian players who achieved this feat against New Zealand in Tests.
Ashwin has taken 10 wickets against New Zealand three times, Anil Kumble and Sundar once.
The Indian bowler who has taken 10 wickets in Tests against New Zealand the most 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 also took 10 wickets once each against New Zealand. Now a new name has been added to him, Washington Sundar. The special thing is that Washington Sundar is playing only his fourth Test match and in this one 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 job for the first time.
Sundar returns after a long time.
Washington Sundar was not included in the Indian squad for this series, but when the Indian team lost the first Test match in Bengaluru, suddenly the selectors remembered Sundar. Not only was he included in the team but he also remained in the playing eleven. Sundar grabbed this opportunity as soon as it came and performed a miracle by taking seven wickets in the first innings. No New Zealand batsman could play properly against Sundar.
It is very difficult for the Indian team to save the match from here.
However, when Sundar dismissed the New Zealand team cheaply by taking seven wickets and Ashwin by taking three wickets, the onus was on the batsmen to score big but that could not happen. In the first innings, New Zealand took a lead of more than 100 runs and pushed the Indian team back. Now, this contest seems pretty stagnant. If the Indian team bats with the same style for which they are known and renowned, then the match can be won, but if the situation is the same as before, then another defeat does not seem too far away.
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