Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood credited Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur for securing India’s partnership with India on the third day of the fourth Test but said the hosts’ bowlers sent the opening pavilion on Sunday to the opposition batsmen. Unable to execute projects properly.

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In response to Australia’s first innings score of 369, the Indian team’s score was 186 for six at one time, while Washington (62) and Shardul (67) shared a major partnership of 123 runs for the seventh wicket. India scored 336 in the first innings. Hazelwood took five wickets for 57, he said at a virtual press conference after the day’s play, “Yeah, it’s definitely a major partnership (between Shardul and Washington) but then we got their wickets.” I mean when the score was 200 for six, we dominated there but to be honest, they both bat really well.

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He said, ‘At that time we were not able to execute our plan properly as we wanted but we had some opportunities. I think we should be able to take advantage of these opportunities further but the credit goes to both of them (Shardul and Washington). He batted well and I think this shows that this wicket is very good. Hazelwood acknowledged that Australia missed some opportunities, which could make a difference in the end. He said, ‘The players bowled well again and everyone supported us. But some missed the occasion and I think we made some chances. If we could achieve these opportunities it would have made a difference. ‘