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Washington Sundar etched his name in the history books by cleaning up Australia's tail during the fourth ODI between Australia and India at the Carrara Oval in Gold Coast to help India seal a comfortable 48-run victory and take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series with one game remaining. After not playing the first two games and not getting to bowl a single over in the third, Sundar got a chance to bowl for the first time in the series during the 17th over of the game with the Men in Blue on the cusp of a win. The 25-year-old dismissed Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, and Adam Zampa in his eight-ball spell to finish figures of 3-3 in 1.2 overs. Washington Sundar Creates History Sundar achieved a few rare feats as he followed up his masterclass with the bat in the victory during the third T20I at Hobart with an impressive display with the ball, which will give captain Suryakumar Yadav confidence to use his off-spin more in the future. Sundar conceded the fewest runs and bowled the shortest spell to take a three-wicket haul vs Australia in T20Is. He broke Chris Woakes' record, who had taken a three-wicket haul while conceding just four runs in two overs against the 2021 World Champions at Canberra in 2022. Among full-member nation players, Sundar is the only eighth player and the first Indian to take a three-wicket haul while conceding three runs or less. As mentioned above, the all-rounder is the first to achieve the feat against Australia. Least Runs Conceded For a Three-Wicket Haul In T20Is (Full Member Nation Team Player) PlayerWicketsRuns ConcededOversOpponentVenueYearLockie Ferguson304PNGTarouba2024Adil Rashid422.2West IndiesDubai2021Mansoor Ahmed331.0BangladeshKarachi2008Rangana Herath533.3New ZealandChattogram2014Rashid Khan532IrelandGreater Noida2017Sikandar Raza332.4RwandaWindoek2023Sufiyan Muqeen532.4ZimbabweBulawayo2024Washington Sundar331.2AustraliaCararra2025Moreover, Sundar is only the fifth player among Test-playing nations to take a three-wicket haul in a spell that lasted less than 10 balls and the first against Australia. Among Indian players, only Riyan Parag has achieved the feat before. Best Bowling Figures In Spell That Lasted 10 Balls Or Less (1.3 Overs) Among Full-Member Nations PlayerOversRuns ConcededWicketsOpponentVenueYearMichael Bracewell0.553IrelandBelfast2022Mansoor Ahmed133BangladeshKarachi2008Madmudullah1.2103PakistanMirpur2021Riyan Parag1.253Sri LankaPallekele2024Washington Sundar1.233AustraliaCararra2025Sundar had earlier made 12 runs in seven balls with the bat, having made an unbeaten knock of 49 in the last game. However, it was his fellow spin-bowling all-rounder Axar Patel who won the Player of the Match (POTM) award for making a quick-fire 11-ball 21 while taking two wickets in four overs and conceding just 20 runs. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Sports, Cricket and around the world.
