Washington shifted gears to put India in a commanding position
England thought they had restricted India’s lead under 350 and have a crack at the target after reducing them to 357/9, until Washington Sundar decided to switch gears.
The all-rounder was batting on 17 off 23 balls when Josh Tongue dismissed Ravindra Jadeja (53) and Mohammed Siraj for a duck in the same over.
With only last man Prasidh Krishna at one end, Gus Atkinson came steaming in at Washington who decided to take the aerial route and sent the ball deep into the stands at deep square leg. He then clobbered Tongue for two more sixes on the leg-side before bringing down the house against Atkinson.
NDS
136/3
CDK
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ODW
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NDT
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EDR
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WDL
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CDK
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NDT
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KSP
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GUI
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WIM
–
GUI
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KSP
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CPP
–
CPP
–
WIM
–
KSP
–
WIM
–
GCC
66/6
RUCC
162/1
Rugby CC beat Gaming CC by 96 runs
SLG
64/0
GCC
61/8
Sloggers won by 10 wickets
SLG
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RUCC
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GCC
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PIR
–
RUCC
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PIR
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TBC
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TBC
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NAJC
159/9
CCC
57/4
Nabajyoti Club beat City Cricket Club by 24 runs (D/L) method
BCC
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NVR
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GTC
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NAJC
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91YC
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CCC
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EST-W
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GIB-W
116/4
PCR
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KRMPS
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BCC
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BNC
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TCC
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CEC-A
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MEL
111/9
PHG
71/10
Melaka beat Pahang by 40 runs
SEL
97/0
KELN
93/10
Selangor beat Kelantan by 10 wickets
PENG
90/10
PUT
91/9
Putrajaya beat Penang by 1 wickets
PRK
127/0
SRAK
123/10
Perak beat Sarawak by 10 wickets
MAR
170/5
ROC
167/6
Marlins beat Rockets by 5 wickets
RAY
154/8
MAR
155/5
Marlins beat Rays by 5 wickets
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MAR
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HTW
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SHLW
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MDW
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BBW
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PAJ
111/7
PMW
177/3
NPB
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EAE
–
WI
135/8
PAK
133/9
West Indies won by 2 wickets
WI
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PAK
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ESN
100/1
SWT
157/6
ESN
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SWT
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WIU19-W
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USAU19-W
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Within the space of 12 balls, India went from a lead of 334 to 356. Ollie Pope, England stand-in skipper, kept a regular limited-over Powerplay field with three on the leg-side and two on the off-side as Washington picked the straights and launched Atkinson for a couple at long-off.
He then slashed Atkinson’s wayward delivery down to the third man before dissecting the field on the leg-side for another boundary.
From 17 off 23 balls, the Tamil Nadu all-rounder raced away to 47 off 38 balls before getting one in the slot from a frustrated Atkinson.
Washington gave it the brutal treatment and struck long into the crowd at long-on to reach his second fifty-plus score of the series.
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In the process, Washington also damaged the ball which hit the metal near the advertisement screen in the stands forcing the umpires to get a new one immediately.
England, clearly frustrated by the sudden shift in momentum, persisted with Tongue in the next over as he managed to get Sundar to swing hard and miss.
On the final ball, he pulled his length and took the pace off the ball as Washington mistimed the ball high into the evening sky.
Pope and Zak Crawley both converged under it and tripped over each other before Crawley held up his long arms to pouch the ball. As a result of Washington’s late blitz, which was also helped on by the warm sun, helped India post a target of 374.
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