A scene was seen for the fourth time in 4 decades in the Test match being played between India and New Zealand in Pune. A coincidence happened after 8 years. And, believe me, whenever this has happened before, Team India has won the Test match. So will the result be the same this time also? Obviously, even before answering this question, curiosity would be increasing in your mind and heart to know what is that coincidence? What happened in the Pune Test and was seen for the fourth time in 4 decades?
A coincidence related to Sundar will bring victory to Team India!
The coincidence and fourth sighting that we are talking about is linked to the miracle done by Washington Sundar. Washington Sundar, who played a Test match for Team India after 1329 days, took 7 wickets for 59 runs against New Zealand in the first innings of the Pune Test. This was the best performance in a Test inning of his career so far. But, at the same time, a coincidence also happened after 8 years of Washington Sundar doing this.
In fact, this was seen again after 8 years when an Indian spinner took 7 wickets for 59 runs in a Test inning against New Zealand. In 2016, Ashwin did this in the Test played against New Zealand in Indore. Then he took 7 wickets for 59 runs in the second innings. Thanks to the charismatic performance of Ashwin, India won the match by a huge margin of 321 runs.
For the fourth time in 4 decades, Team India won first every time!
By the way, the coincidence of an Indian bowler taking 7 wickets for 59 runs in a Test inning happened even after 8 years. But, this is the fourth time that such a scene has been seen by Team India on the Test cricket pitch. The big thing is that in the last 4 decades, whenever an Indian bowler has taken 7 wickets for 59 runs, India has won that match.
Talking about the 1990s, in the year 1994, Anil Kumble took 7 wickets for 59 runs in the second innings of the Test match played against Sri Lanka in Lucknow. Thanks to that feat of Kumble, India won the test match by a huge margin of an innings and 119 runs.
If we talk about the 2000s, Irfan Pathan had done such wonders. In 2005, he took 7 wickets for 59 runs in the first innings of the Test match played against Zimbabwe in Harare. Because of the unmatched performance of Irfan Pathan, India won the test match by 10 wickets.
We have already talked about Ashwin’s amazing work in the 2010s and its results in the year 2016. And, now in the decade of 2020, Washington Sundar has tried to make the year 2024 memorable by taking 7 wickets for 59 runs. So will this performance witness India’s victory in the Pune Test like the last 3 occasions?
