Washington Sundar did not have batting pads, went to buy when Gabba Test had already began: R Sridhar

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India all-rounder Washington Sundar did not have an ideal pair of pads even when the fourth and remaining Test in opposition to Australia had began, revealed fielding coach R Sridhar. 

Sundar was roped into the enjoying XI for the Brisbane Test after a again harm to R Ashwin. Asked to remain in Australia after the T20I sequence as a web bowler, a Test debut was one thing that Sundar would not have imagined in his wildest desires.

However, the injury-plagued Indian facet had resort to recent faces after dropping many key gamers in Australia. As many as 5 gamers together with Sundar have been handed Test debuts throughout the course of the sequence.

After choosing up a three-wicket haul with the ball, Sundar went on to attain maiden Test fifty at The Gabba. He added a 121-run stand for the seventh wicket – the very best seventh-wicket stand by India in a Test match in Brisbane. Sundar ended up scoring 62 which included 7 fours and a six. The Chennai-born additionally grew to become solely the third Indian to attain a half-century on Test debut in Australia.

After the Indian staff’s arrival following a tedious tour of Australia, Sridhar revealed Sundar’s struggles to discover a pair of pads throughout the Brisbane Test.

“We tried many however they have been too small for the tall Sundar. We tried getting from the Aussies however on account of Covid, they might not spare their pads. Finally, we needed to go to a store after the Test match had began,’’ he was quoted saying by Telangana Today. 

The Indian staff, led by Rishabh Pant’s match-defining present with the bat, scripted historical past by breaching The Gabba fortress and registering back-to-back Test sequence wins in Australia. Like all Indian gamers, Sundar was additionally given a grand welcome upon his return to the nation.