Ahead of Mohammed Siraj, Shubman Gill and others, Washington Sundar was named Team India`s `Impact Player` in the inaugural edition of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.
During the `Impact Player` medal award ceremony, the side`s veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja stood and walked towards the prize.
“Washi, come here, take it, son,” said Jadeja.
Washington Sundar played four out of five Test matches against England. He concluded the five-match Test series with 284 runs with a strike rate of 47.33. He also registered a half-century and a ton each. With the ball, he snapped seven wickets with an average of over 38 runs.
Speaking about being awarded as the `Impact Player` for India, he said, “Obviously, it is a great blessing to be playing four games on the trot in a place like England. Always wanted to do really well here. And as a team, just the way we went about every single day, it was amazing. I mean the energy that we created, especially from a fielding perspective, we were always there for each other. Thank you so much for everything”.
The 25-year-old was one of the silent heroes who contributed to India`s famed 2-2 series draw in England. During the third Test at the Home of Cricket, Lord`s, he rattled the stumps of England`s mainstays Ben Stokes, Joe Root, Jamie Smith and finally Shoaib Bashir to return with figures of 4/22 in 12.1 overs.
In the fifth and final Test match, Sundar brought a T20 flavour with his swashbuckling strokeplay. He filled London`s clouded sky with his fireworks, hammered four boundaries and as many towering sixes to blaze his way to 53(46). His heroic effort towards the end propelled India to 396 in the second innings and set a 374-run target for England to hunt down.
The five-match Test series between Team India and England ended in a 2-2 draw. Mohammed Siraj was named the `Player of the Match` for his crucial contributions in the final clash of the contest. The pacer claimed four wickets for 86 runs in the first innings and returned with the figures of five wickets for 104 runs in the second essay.
(With ANI Inputs)