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Indian all-rounder Washington Sundar made his Test debut in the 4th Test against Australia which started on Friday (Ja🦩nuary 15) at the Gabba in Brisbane.
The finger spinner replaced veteran cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin to became the 301st Test player to represent India in the red💯-ball format.
Sundar came in the Australia ✃tour as a net bowler but was later added as a backup in the injury-ravaged In▨dian side.
Sundar impressed one and all in his maiden test match with disciplined bowling. He didn’t concede a single run of his first three overs. When the Tamil Nadu lad came to bowl after lunch, he removed Australian batsman Steve Smith to script a memorable debut.
It all happened in the 35th over when Sundar bowled a tossed up delivery into the pads of Smith, who impulsively flicked it and ended up hitting it straight into the hands of Rohit Sharma, who was positioned at short mid-wicket.
Here is the video:
What a moment for Washington Sundar!♑ His first Test wicket is the 🐻superstar Steve Smith! |
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
Marnus Labuschagne makes a fabulous century
After the dismissal of Smith, Marnus Labuschagne and Matthew Wade stitched a crucial 113-run partnership for the fourth wi🎃cket to take Australia ꧙out of trouble.
Labuschagne carried on his superb form in this series and finally got to the three figure-mark. In the 63rd over bowled by Mohammed Siraj, the Aussie batsman smashed the ball towards extra cover for a boundary to reach hi💧s fifth hundred in the longest format.
Labuschagne scored 108 off 204 deliveries before T Natarajan dismissed him with a short deꦕlivery in the 66th over.
