India lost by 22 runs in their chase of 193 against England in third Test at Lord's.
England’s Jos Buttler stated that India all-rounder Washington Sundar’s big claim ahead of Day 5 came back to him as the visitors fell 22 runs short of the 193-run target at Lord’s. With this win, England went 2-1 up in the five-Test series with two matches to go.
India’s top order, barring KL Rahul’s 33, failed to turn up in the chase of 193, and despite Ravindra Jadeja’s 61* and his valiant attempt to shepherd the tail to the win, England managed to eke out a 22-run win in the last session of the match on day five.
Ahead of Day 5, Sundar was interviewed by Sky Sports, where he boldly predicted that India would win the match within the first session itself. “Definitely India winning tomorrow, probably in the first session,” he said.
“Has he actually said that? Washington Sundar's interview where he says about, you know, when India win tomorrow, when we go 2-1 up. And I thought, I wonder if he's just sort of, you know, got his words out wrong, you know, hopefully we'll win. But it was the proper, you know, incredible confidence. Yeah, we're going to win.
And it's always one of those moments where you're like, you don't miss a thing, do you, in this day and age? Someone will have heard about that in the dressing room. It's almost like instead of anyone having to say anything this morning for England, you could have just played that interview and that would have got people so fired up,” Buttler said on For the Love of Cricket Podcast.
“There's a little clip of when Washington came out to bat and McCullum over the balcony, sort of, you know, telling everyone to raise it, it's the guy who's been chirping. You set yourself up, don't you? It's horrible. But you're like, no, everyone's all over me. I could have just come out here and tried to, you know, have a good game and try my best.
But now everyone knows that what I've said in the media last night, and this is going to be, everyone's after me. Even McCullum, who's possibly the only time he didn't have his feet up. He's leaned forward to say, come on. Let's ramp it up for this guy,” he added.
Sundar came to bat at a time when India needed a partnership with Ravindra Jadeja, scoring a four-ball duck as he was dismissed caught and bowled by Jofra Archer.