Washington Sundar added to Team India’s squad for second and third Test vs New Zealand

New Delhi: The Test series against New Zealand started very badly for Team India. The Indian team had to face defeat by 8 wickets in the first match of the series. In the first innings of this match, Team India’s batting was a complete flop. At the same time, the bowlers also could not perform anything special. In such a situation, Team India has made a big decision before the next match of the series. An all-rounder has entered the Indian team’s squad.

Team India has included star all-rounder Washington Sundar in the squad for the last two matches of the Test series against New Zealand. Washington Sundar played his last Test match for Team India in the year 2021. That is, he is going to return to the Indian Test team after a long time. Sundar has played 4 Test matches for Team India so far. During this, he has scored three half-centuries in six innings in Test cricket and his average is 66.25. Apart from this, he has also taken 6 wickets.

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A century against Delhi in Ranji Trophy:

Washington Sundar is currently playing in the match between Tamil Nadu and Delhi in Elite Group D of the Ranji Trophy. Washington Sundar has performed brilliantly in this match. He scored a century in the first innings of the match. This was his first first-class century in the last 7 years. Batting at number three, he scored 152 runs in 269 balls, during which he hit 19 fours and 1 six. After this, he also dismissed two Delhi batsmen in the first innings.

Washington Sundar recently got a chance to play in the T20 series played against Bangladesh. Before this, he was also a part of the ODI team on the Sri Lanka tour. Washington Sundar has played 22 ODIs and 52 T20 matches for Team India so far. He has taken 23 wickets in ODIs and has also scored 315 runs. On the other hand, in T20, Washington Sundar has taken 47 wickets for Team India so far and has also contributed 161 runs with the bat.

India’s updated squad for the second and third Test against New Zealand:

Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Washington Sundar.