[Watch] Washington Sundar hits a hat-trick of boundaries in IND vs PMXI BGT 2024-25 warmup game
Washington Sundar smashed a hat-trick of boundaries in the pink-ball warmup game between India and Australia Prime Minister XI at Manuka Oval in Canberra on Sunday, December 1. The left-handed batter scored an unbeaten 42 runs off 36 balls, comprising five boundaries.
The flurry of boundaries came in the 42nd over of India's run-chase. Jack Nisbet bowled a half volley and Washington Sundar disptached that between mid-off and extra cover. The left-handed batter then played a boundary towards deep mid-wicket. The third one, a no-ball, then flew past slip cordon as he tried to poke a back-of-a-length delivery outside off.
Sharing the clip, Star Sports wrote:
"WASH-ed it and how!"
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Washington Sundar is a handy batter in the lower order, scoring 387 runs in seven Tests with his best score of an unbeaten 96. He has also bagged 24 wickets, including a fifer.
The 25-year-old scalped two wickets and scored 29 in the second innings of the first Test in Perth, where India won by a huge margin of 295 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
Rohit Sharma only failure for India in BGT 2024-25 pink-ball warmup game vs Aus PMXI; Washington Sundar and others impress
India captain Rohit Sharma emerged as the only failure in the pink-ball warmup game against Australia PM XI which India won by six wickets. The 37-year-old departed for just three runs off 11 balls after dropping himself to No. 4. He has managed 133 runs in his last five Tests, including a solitary half-century.
Chasing 241, the tourists were allowed to play their entire 46 overs (despite achieving the target) after the game was reduced due to rain following a complete Day 1 washout.
Shubman Gill made the most of the game time after missing out of the first Test due to a thumb injury. The right-handed batter scored an unbeaten 50 off 62 balls. Meanwhile, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Nitish Kumar Reddy also chipped in with 45 (59) and 42 (32), respectively. KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja contributed 27* (44) and 27 (31), respectively.
Scott Boland, who is the favorite to replace injured Josh Hazlewood, returned wicketless in his 10 overs. He, however, bowled two maidens.
Batting first, Australia were bundled out for 240 in 43.2 overs. Harshit Rana starred with the ball for the tourists, picking up four wickets. Akash Deep also bagged two wickets. Sam Konstas scored a century for Australia PM XI.