'Has He Actually Said That?': Buttler, Broad Roast India Star After Victory Claim Backfires
Jos Buttler and Stuart Broad discussed the moment an India star declared that India will definitely chase down 193 on the final day and beat England.
Ahead of Day 5, chasing 193 at Lord's, India were in a tricky spot having lost four wickets for 58. They still needed 135 to win on what was a challenging surface to bat on. However, Washington Sundar was uber confident that his team was capable of chasing it down and take a 2-1 lead in the five-Test series.
'Definitely India winning tomorrow, probably in the first session," said Sundar on Sky Sports.
As it turned out, India fell short of the target by 22 runs to hand England 2-1 lead in the series. And expectedly, the statement is drawing all sorts of reactions ranging from critical to being sympathetic.
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While speaking to fast bowling legend Stuart Broad, England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler said Sundar's confident declaration would have been enough to fire Ben Stokes' men on the final day of the third Test.
'I heard it (Sundar's statement) and then I thought, 'Has he actually said that?' And I thought I wonder if he's just sort of got his words out wrong, as (instead of saying) 'Hopefully we'll win'," Buttler said on BBC.
'But it was proper with incredible confidence. 'Yeah, we're going to win.' It's almost like instead of anyone having to say anything this morning for England, you could have just played that interview and that would have got people so fired up," he added.
Sundar was dismissed for a four-ball duck during the chase with England pacer Jofra Archer giving him a fiery send-off. Broad was though a little sympathetic towards the India allrounder.
'If you've said it, don't get a nought! The thing is, we've all done (such) interviews. Your brain is a bit scrambled, you've had a busy day, lots going on. We've all done one (interview) where we've said something, you walk off you go, 'Did I say that? Oh no, I think I did say that'," Broad said.
Buttler chimed in, 'That's not aged well."
The fourth Test starts from July 23 in Manchester.
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