India cricket team all-rounder Washington Sundar backed India to come on top against England on what is expected to be a nail-biting final day of IND vs ENG 3rd Test. The Tamil Nadu spinner bowled a phenomenal spell on Day 4, picking up four important wickets to derail England. However, the hosts seem to have the last laugh as they left India reeling at 58/4, with the team needing 135 runs to win the Lord’s Test.
Sundar backs India to win Lord’s Test
Speaking at the press conference after Day 4, Sundar said that India had some “solid batters” in the dressing room who were capable of guiding India to a famous win. Reflecting on his spell of 4/22, the Tamil Nadu spinner admitted that it was one of his best days with the ball. Sundar spoke about how Test match is different compared to other formats as players had to take up different roles during the course of the game for 5 days.
“We want so many things the way we expect it to be, but yes, we’ll take it any day. We’ll really come out positive tomorrow. We’ve got some solid batsmen in the dressing room. It’s exciting in every way, you know, winning a Test in Lord’s is going to be amazing. So, I think we’re sitting pretty,” Sundar said.
On a Lord’s track that aided none of the other spinners, Sundar cracked the code and got crucial wickets for India on Day 4. He got rid of the dangerous Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Jamie Smith to derail England’s plans to amass a 200+ run total in their 2nd innings.
Towards the end of play, there was once again some exchange of words between KL Rahul and the England team, similar to what happened at the close of play on Day 3.
“I would say the aggression is always inside of us in both dressing rooms. It’s just that there was an incident that happened and it sort of came out as well last evening (Day 3). And it did come out quite a bit today as well,” Sundar added.
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