Washington Sundar Big Record at Lord’s: The third match of the 5-match Test series between England and India is being played at the historic ground of Lord’s. In which England’s second innings has been reduced to 192 runs and India has now got a target of 193 runs to win. Washington Sundar played an important role in preventing the England team from crossing the 200-run mark, who took 4 wickets. During this performance, Sundar achieved such a feat at the Lord’s ground, which no spinner had been able to achieve before him.
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Washington Sundar bowled 4 batsmen
In fact, Sundar has become the first spinner to bowl 4 batsmen in an innings of the Lord’s Test and send them to the pavilion. This thing was never seen before on this ground. Washington first bowled Joe Root. After this, he also dismissed Jamie Smith, who was out after scoring 8 runs. Then Washington also bowled out English captain Ben Stokes and Shoaib Bashir.
Earlier, three spinners had bowled out 3 batsmen each in the Lord’s Test. These include Graeme Swann (vs Australia, 2009), Yasir Shah (vs England, 2016) and Moeen Ali (vs South Africa, 2017).
Washington Sundar stood out in the third Test, taking four crucial wickets against England. 🎯🏏#WashingtonSundar #ENGvIND #TamilnaduCricket #TNCricket pic.twitter.com/klAobLMDlc
— TNCA (@TNCACricket) July 13, 2025
With this, Washington also registered another special record in his name. In fact, he has become the Indian spinner to record the best figures in the Lord’s Test in this century. Sundar has taken 4 wickets for just 22 runs in his spell of 12.1 overs. This is also the most economical spell by a visiting spinner on this ground since 2001. Sundar conceded runs at an average of just 1.8.
India has a great chance to register its fourth Test win at Lord’s
Team India has a golden opportunity to register its fourth Test win at Lord’s. For this, it has to score 193 runs. Earlier, Team India has won on this ground under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli. Gill has the opportunity to join the club of these legends.
