MUMBAI: Off-spinning all-rounder Washington Sundar is set to continue in the India XI and will, in all probability, feature in the second Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the pink-ball match at Adelaide from December 6, TOI has learnt.
“There’s a 90% chance that Sundar will play in the second Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval,” a reliable source in the BCCI told TOI.
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In a surprising move, India’s team management preferred Sundar over veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja in the first Test at Perth, which the visitors won by 295 runs.
The Tamil Nadu tweaker took 0-1 & two for 48, and scored 4 & 29. The 25-year-old scored 42 not out and took one for 38 in the pink-ball tour match against Prime Minister’s XI at Canberra on Nov 30.
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Since he made a rousing Test comeback at home against New Zealand, taking 11 wickets for 115 runs in the second Test at Pune in October, Sundar has been a constant feature of the India XI.
Sundar was recently bought by the Gujarat Titans for Rs 3.2 crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction.
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