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Indian all-rounder Washington Sundar began his stint with County side Lancashire with a brilliant four wickets for 69 runs on Tuesday, July 19. Lancashire are facing Northamptonshire in the County Championship and the right-handed off-spinner first picked up opener Will Young early in the day and then broke the middle-order partnership that was building.
The injury-prone Sundar has been falling off the pecking order from the India squad after constantly injuring his arm, something that has kept the T20 specialist out. Even while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Sundar missed a lot of matches for splitting the webbing of his bowling hand, ruling him out of key matches.
With his upcoming stint at the English county side, the 22-year-old will be making his comeback in red-ball cricket.
"I remember playing with my Playstation and choosing Lancashire against most of the domestic teams here. It is great to be here and playing for Lancashire," Washington said in an interview with the club's official YouTube channel.
"It has got some exciting talents and some experienced players. I am looking forward to sharing the dressing room with them and to sharing of knowledge about how cricket is played here. Most importantly, I look forward to winning a lot of games and making memories with all," the young all-rounder added.
Washington delved into his childhood memories and said that he loved to be Andrew Flintoff when playing video games.
"I used to be Andrew Flintoff because he would give me four overs of solid pace and swing, and obviously he could come down at six or seven and tonk some huge sixes. Obviously, James Anderson is a legend, he can swing the ball both ways. Looking forward to seeing him here, seeing him bowl and how he goes about his things," he said.
