Manchester: Washington Sundar scored 152 runs for Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy match in the Ranji Trophy match in the Ranji Trophy match in the Ranji Trophy match, while Washington Sundar batted at the number. 3. “I consider myself a top-order batsman,” Washington insisted at the end of the day’s game. “I am happy with such an opportunity that I got batting at number 3. I am batting regularly on the order in future. Hopefully, I can constantly knock like this in future.” In the midst of a disastrous test series against New Zealand on the resing turnner, a shaking team selected Washington for its off-spinners. Soon, that R. Ashwin and Ravindra were the leading spinners ahead of Jadeja when India participated in the ground in Perth after a month. In England, he was prepared in the playing XI in the second Test, which was purely in the second Test based on his ability to add batting strength to the lineup below the order. The calls increased loudly to include an expert spinner in Kuldeep, but the team management supported Washington to become the second spinner. On Sunday, he responded to the call with the bat at number 5 and saw that the India came out of the fourth test without losing the series. Washington is now the second Indian to score his first Test century in Manchester, who was Sachin Tendulkar in 1990.
Washington’s composition at the crease, against a red-warm English attack on a pitch with variable bounces, should be measured beyond the number of batting overs. It is not that he has not spoken well for India before. He scored a half -century to debut in Gabba in 2021 and was also an unbeaten 96 against England. He averages the test in the upper 30s. But Sunday was a different challenge. He was asked to bat in a position, operated by Rishabh Pant, whose fracture leg left an interval hole in the middle order. Washington was to prove that he was a good enough batsman to fill for pants, after proving that he is quite efficient with the ball to put Kuldeep on the bench. “Washington was really good. It’s just that sometimes, when you are playing seven or eight batsmen, sometimes it is difficult to adjust someone. With Rishabh not there, it was our opportunity to put Vashi at the age of five,” Gambhir said on Sunday. “We always knew what kind of form he was, the way he was batting in the nets and even in the last couple of the tests,” Gambhir said.
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When he opened the game by claiming four wickets in the second innings of the Lord’s Test, Washington was asked if he is comfortable with the team management who can tell him as a person who can fill it as a second spinner and add some important runs on number 8. “This is a team game. I want to contribute to the team in different routes of a match. Washington is a quiet achievement of Indian cricket. He has already been an important part of some memorable tests since his debut. He has made it very difficult for India to leave him out of XI only.
