In the test match being played between India and New Zealand in Pune, a scene was seen for the fourth time in 4 decades. A coincidence happened after 8 years. And, believe me, whenever this happened before, Team India has won the test match. So will the result be the same this time too? Even before the answer to this question, your mind and heart must be curious to know what that coincidence is. What happened in the Pune test that was seen for the fourth time in 4 decades?
The coincidence and the sight seen for the fourth time that we are talking about is connected to the feat of Washington Sundar. Washington Sundar, who came to play a Test match for Team India after 1329 days, took 7 wickets for 59 runs against New Zealand in the first innings of the Pune Test. This was the best performance in a Test innings of his career so far. But, at the same time, Washington Sundar doing this also led to a coincidence after 8 years.
In fact, after 8 years, it was seen again when an Indian spinner took 7 wickets for 59 runs in a Test innings against New Zealand. In 2016, Ashwin did this in the Test played against New Zealand in Indore. Then he took 7 wickets for 59 runs in the second innings. Thanks to the charismatic performance of Ashwin, India won the match by a huge margin of 321 runs.
By the way, it may have happened after 8 years that an Indian bowler took 7 wickets in a Test innings for 59 runs. But, this is the fourth time that such a scene has been seen on the Test cricket pitch by Team India. The big thing is that in the last 4 decades, whenever an Indian bowler has taken 7 wickets for 59 runs, India has won that match.
Talking about the 1990s, in 1994, Anil Kumble took 7 wickets for 59 runs in the second innings of the Test match played against Sri Lanka in Lucknow. Due to that feat of Kumble, India won the Test match by a huge margin of an innings and 119 runs.
Talking about the 2000s, Irfan Pathan did such a feat. In 2005, he took 7 wickets for 59 runs in the first innings of the Test match played against Zimbabwe in Harare. Due to the excellent performance of Irfan Pathan, India won the Test match by 10 wickets.
We have already talked about Ashwin's amazing performance in 2016 and its result in the 2010s. And now in the 2020s, Washington Sundar has tried to make 2024 memorable by taking 7 wickets for 59 runs. So will this performance witness India's victory in the Pune Test like the last 3 occasions?
