Washington Sundar’s father was not a cheerful man after his son fell shy of 4 runs from notching his maiden Test ton. The all-rounder performed an instrumental half in India’s complete win towards England in the fourth and remaining Test in Ahmedabad, however was left stranded on 96 at the non-striker’s finish as India misplaced Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, and Mohammed Siraj in the span of 5 deliveries.
“I don’t understand why people are surprised at his batting. I have been hearing. He can face the new ball. But we are ready for whatever the Indian team asks him to do,” his father was quoted as saying in a report in News18.
“What I am really disappointed about the tailenders. They couldn’t stay on for even a brief while. Suppose India were playing, needing 10 runs to win, wouldn’t this have been a huge mistake. There are millions of youngsters watching, they shouldn’t learn what the tailenders did,” he added.
“It is not about technique or skills. It was a matter of courage. England were tired, Stokes was bowling at 123-126. They were not bowling at lethal pace,” he added.
Meanwhile, R Ashwin, who completed the contest with one other five-wicket haul, additionally heaped praises about Sundar’s batting means and mentioned: “I’m not stunned at his batting as a result of he works actually onerous at his batting. In truth, we’ve discussions on how it’s best to bowl extra as nicely. He loves his batting.”
Sundar, who made his Test debut towards Australia this 12 months, has been in good type and in the three contest he was a component off in the four-match sequence towards England, the all-rounder amassed 181 runs at a mean of 90.50.
