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.
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95/4
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210/6
60/3
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69/1
167/8
New Delhi Tigers beat Central Delhi Kings by 9 wickets (D/L) method
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121/8
26/1
129/6
133/7
Czech Republic beat Romania by 3 wickets
143/4
155/3
Czech Republic beat Romania by 12 runs
93/4
92/8
Romania won by 6 wickets
155/6
154/10
Austria beat Belgium by 4 wickets
146/6
144/9
Austria beat Belgium by 4 wickets
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300/8
163/3
189/10
192/6
269/9
213/4
289/10
159/10
Essex beat Gloucestershire by 130 runs
284/9
74/1
179/3
339/5
150/4
328/10
78/2
289/8
127/1
242/8
148/10
149/6
Kuwait beat Papua New Guinea by 4 wickets
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44/8
223/1
Ireland Women beat Germany Women by 179 runs
86/9
21/0
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174/3
173/7
Calicut Globstars beat Adani Trivandrum Royals by 7 wickets
14/0
236/5
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146/9
149/1
Mangalore Dragons won by 9 wickets
39/3
180/6
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128/10
133/3
Royal Oman Stallions beat Yallah Shabab Giants by 7 wickets
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9/0
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431/2
155/10
Australia won by 276 runs
116/10
119/2
Toombul beat Ipswich by 8 wickets
2/0
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149/5
148/10
Sandgate Redcliffe beat Wynnum Manly by 5 wickets
173/6
158/10
Redlands beat Sunshine Coast by 15 runs
133/7
132/8
Gold Coast beat University of Queensland by 3 wickets
187/8
232/4
Valley beat Northern Suburbs by 45 runs
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150/6
152/7
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122/9
145/6
Trent Rockets Women beat Welsh Fire Women by 23 runs
84/7
111/3
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130/10
131/4
Adelaide Strikers Academy beat Chicago Kingsmen by 6 wickets
107/10
155/8
Perth Scorchers Academy beat Pakistan Shaheens by 48 runs
190/6
205/2
Perth Scorchers Academy beat Adelaide Strikers Academy by 15 runs
184/7
143/9
Meerut Mavericks beat Noida Super Kings by 41 run
126/1
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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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