Watch: Washington Sundar's decision to play reverse-sweep backfires as he gets clean bowled by Maheesh Theekshana
Published - 30 Jul 2024, 10:30 PM | Updated - 24 Aug 2024, 06:44 AM
Washington Sundar, on Tuesday (July 30), came up with a fine cameo to help Team India cross the 130-run mark in the ongoing third T20I against Sri Lanka at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
Asked to bat first, India started their innings in a disastrous fashion. They lost as many as four wickets inside the powerplay for just 30 runs. Maheesh Theekshana gave Sri Lanka the first breakthrough by dismissing Yashasvi Jaiswal in the second over before Chamindu Wickramasinghe dismissed Sanju Samson for a duck in the third over.
In the fourth over, Theekshana struck again to remove the dangerous Rinku Singh. And in the last over of the powerplay, Asitha Fernando picked up the big wicket of Suryakumar Yadav to leave India reeling at 30 for 4. Shivam Dube got the start but did not last long and departed for 13 to leave India 5 down for only 48 runs.
Shubman Gill and Riyan Parag then steadied the ship with a much-needed 52-run stand. However, they could not make the most of their starts and departed in quick succession. Wanindu Hasaranga dismissed both of them in the 16th over to reduce India to 105/7 from 102/5.
Maheesh Theekshana Castles Washington Sundar:
After Gill and Parag's departure, Washington Sundar took charge with the bat and came up with a fine cameo of 25 runs to help India cross the 130-run mark. His knock was studded with two fours and a six. Washington Sundar's stay at the crease was ended by Theekshana in the very final over of the innings.
On the fifth ball of the over, the India allrounder tried a reverse sweep but failed to make any contact with the ball. The ball went on to crash into the stumps.
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India eventually finished their innings on 137 for 9. In reply, Sri Lanka have made a steady start with the bat. At the time of writing this report, they were on 34 for no loss in the sixth over. The hosts have already lost the series after losing the first two games and will be looking to win the ongoing game to avoid a whitewash at home.
