India vs Australia, 3rd T20: Washington Sundar stakes claim in India’s future plans with match-winning 49 as visitors level series with 5-wicket win | Cricket News
Under the stunning skies over the Bellerive Oval, Washington Sundar splashed a bright palette of colours into his T20 career. He crunched an undefeated 49 off 23 balls to orchestrate a five-wicket victory, pursuing 187, over an unusually slipshod Australia to keep the series 1-1 before the three-day breather and triple-header that follows. Much of Washington’s 54-game-T20I career, scattered across eight years, has not produced a match that the audience would associate instantly with him. Hobart certainly would be one. Washington is like the young and intrepid actor, acing a different act in every role. Last year, around the same time, he was foxing New Zealand batsmen with bounce and drift at home. At the start of this season, he was showing Ben Stokes and co. the different layers of his batting. He could stonewall and etch a hundred in five hours, he could smear three sixes on the rub too. He could be an anchor and accumulator, and aggressor and finisher too, with a knack of staying composed in nerve-snapping situations. The list features …
