Jose Butler made a big statement about the prediction of Washington Sundar (Photo- PTI)
In the third Test match played at Lord’s, England defeated India by 22 runs. In this match, India needed 135 runs on the fifth and last day of the game to win and 6 wickets were left. Before the start of the fifth day, Washington Sundar of India predicted that Team India will definitely win this match and maybe it will happen in the first session. However, England won a tremendous performance against Team India. After the end of the match, former England captain Jose Butler has said that Sundar’s statement encouraged the England team and he also said a big thing about a shocking behavior of head coach Brandon McCullum.
Jose Butler’s statement
Talking on his YouTube show, Joss Butler said, ‘When the Indian player said in the interview that India will win the match and we would be ahead 2-1 in the Test series, then I felt that he had spoken the wrong words. He was confident that Team India would definitely win. Someone in England listened to this in the dressing room in England. Before the start of the fifth day, someone must have run this interview in front of the England team and all the players were charged. There is a small clip when Washington came to bat, McCullum was heard speaking from the balcony to play aggressive cricket. He said that this is the same player who was very chirping.
The former English captain further said, “Brandon McCullum, who is seen sitting mostly silent, he also bowed forward and said that let’s win the match for this player.” Talking about Lord’s Test, Team India needed 193 runs to win but it was dismissed for 170 and England won the match by 22 runs.
England is 2–1 in the series
England won the first match of this Test series while India won the second Test. After winning the match in Lord’s Test, England has now taken a 2–1 lead in the 5 match Test series. Now the fourth Test match between these two teams will start from July 23. The match will be played at Old Trafford, Manchester.
