India Head coach Gautam Gambhir made a heartwarming gesture for Washington Sundar after India and New Zealand completed a 7-wicket haul in the 2nd Test. Washington Sundar scored just 7 wickets in India vs New Zealand 1st Test to demolish the visitors on day 1 of the match.
After Ravichandran Ashwin took the first three wickets for India, Sundar attacked the opposition with off-spin to eliminate the remaining batsmen. Rohit Sharma supported Sundar with many successive overs as he bundled New Zealand out for just 259.
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Gautam Gambhir gives Washington Sundar a standing ovation
After New Zealand’s innings ended in the 1st innings, Washington Sundar returned to the pavilion with his teammates as the MCA crowd cheered his spectacular bowling show. India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir also gave a standing ovation to the Indian spinner from the pavilion.
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Washington Sundar gave away just 59 runs for 7 wickets. Earlier, Ravichandran Ashwin took the first three wickets to become the highest wicket-taker in ICC World Test Championship history with 189 wickets.
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Washington Sundar replaced Kuldeep Yadav in 11 overs in the 2nd Test
Notably, Washington Sundar replaced Kuldeep Yadav in the 2nd Test against New Zealand against India in Pune. The latter was part of the previous Test but managed to pick only 3 wickets in the match. Also, India went wicketless in the 2nd innings as they lost the game by 8 wickets.
Interestingly, Yadav has been a part of many Test series in recent times, but Rohit Sharma always takes Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja as first choice spinners as they can also score runs with the bat. Kuldeep Yadav is a left-arm off-spinner who is also a regular in the ODI and T20I teams.
However, after an average show in the 1st Test, the Indian skipper took the lead with Sundar in the 11th over and the decision ultimately paid off. Sundar was the star of the show during the IND vs NZ 1st Test in Pune.
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Team India lead by 243 runs on day 1
A total of 259 against New Zealand’s 1st innings, Team India won 16/1 in the 1st innings at stumps on the 1st day. The hosts lost Rohit Sharma for a duck as he lost his wicket to wicketkeeper Tim Southee.
Yashasvi Jaiswal (6*) and Shubman Gill (10*) will do the batting on Day 2. Earlier, the visitors won the toss and chose to bat first. Opener Devon Conway played a stunning knock of 76 runs while Rachin Ravindra added 65 runs. The rest of the attackers could not score fifty goals.
