“Tula parat manle re”: Virat Kohli applauds Shardul & Washington’s effort with the bat at Gabba
Xtra Time Web Desk: India captain Virat Kohli was stunned to see the batting efforts of Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur, who on Sunday registered a brilliant 123 runs partnership for the seventh wicket to restrict Australia to only 33 runs lead on Day 3 of the test match at Gabba. Kohli lauded the ‘outstanding application and belief’ shown by the duo. Both registered their maiden test fifties as they bailed out the team from conceding a huge first innings lead. It was also the highest seventh wicket partnership from an Indian pair at Gabba.
Taking to Twitter Kohli wrote, “Outstanding application and belief by Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur. This is what test cricket is all about. Washy top composure on debut and tula parat maanla re Thakur!”
The partnership was finally broken by Pat Cummins as he dismissed Shardul (67). The duo broke the record of Kapil Dev and Manoj Prabhakar. Dev and Prabhakar had stitched together a partnership of 58 runs in 1991, and 20-years later, finally the record has been broken.
