India’s off-spinner, Washington Sundar, was the star performer on the first day of the second Test match against New Zealand in Pune. He scalped seven wickets for just 59 runs to help India restrict the Kiwis for a score of 259 after the Black Caps won the toss and elected to bat first on a track that was going to aid the spinners.
There was of course a hilarious moment involving Sundar, Rishabh Pant and Ajaz Patel. The video of the incident is going viral on social media. Pant was advising Sundar to bowl fuller and outside the off stump to Ajaz Patel, in Hindi.
“Washi (Washington Sundar) aage daal sakte hai you can bowl little fuller. Thoda bahar daal sakte hai,” Pant was heard saying to Sundar. Sundar bowled in the exact way that Pant advised him to bowl and Patel smacked him for a boundary down the ground through the long on region.
After Sundar was hit for a boundary, the Indian wicketkeeper wanted to defend himself and said “Yaar mereko kya pata issey Hindi aati hai? (How would I know that his guy knows Hindi?).” He was trying to say to Sundar that he was not aware that Azal Patel would understand what Pant said in Hindi.
Washington Sundar picked up seven wickets against New Zealand in 2nd Test
Washington Sundar picked a seven-wicket haul against NZ in the second Test (Image Source: Twitter)
Washington Sundar registered his best ever figures in Test cricket after making a comeback in Test cricket after three years. Coming to the batting of New Zealand, Devon Conway top-scored with 76 runs, while Rachin Ravindra and Michell Santner scored 65 and 33 runs, respectively.
Besides Sundar’s seven wickets, Ravichandran Ashwin also picked up three wickets. Meanwhile, India are 16-1 at the end of first day’s play with the wicket of Indian captain, Rohit Sharma, falling to Tim Southee. It will be an interesting day’s play on the second day of the Test match.
In response to New Zealand’s 259, India have mustered up 16 for the loss of one wicket at stumps on day 1.
