Washington Sundar (62) and Shardul Thakur (67), India’s makeshift numbers 7 and eight within the staff due to accidents to frontline gamers, placed on India’s third highest ever seventh wicket stand in Australia and the best seventh wicket stand on the Gabba as India fought with their again to the partitions of their pursuit of Australia’s first innings whole on Day 3 on Sunday.
The partnership was value 123 off 217 balls, taking the guests from 186/6 to inside 60 runs of Australia’s whole of 369. It was a partnership that introduced them again into the sport.
Sundar’s 62 was the best rating by a debutant visiting Number 7 in Australia.
The final time India’s numbers 7 and eight scored 50+ in similar innings in an away Test, neither of them a wicketkeeper, was at Manchester in 1982, when Sandeep Patil had scored 129* and Kapil Dev had scored 65.
Sundar turned the second Indian participant to hit a 50+ debut in his batting innings and take three-plus wickets in his debut bowling innings after Dattu Phadkar (51 & 3/14 vs Aus, SCG, 1947/48).
Indian pairs with 3+ wickets every in an innings and each scoring 50+ runs every in an innings of the identical Test:
Vinoo Mankad & Dattu Phadkar v ENG, 1951Washington Sundar & Shardul Thakur v AUS, immediately
Incidentally each matches had a debutant (Phadkar & Sundar).
Their partnership was additionally the third highest for India in Australia.
100+ partnership for seventh wicket for India in Australia:
204 R Pant – R Jadeja Sydney 2018/19132 V Hazare – H Adhikari Adelaide 1947/48123 W SUNDAR – S THAKUR Brisbane 2020/21
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