Washington backs skipper Pant as India stare at series drubbing

Washington Sundar and Marco Jansen had one thing in common on Monday.

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Washington Sundar during the third day of the final Test against SA

(AP)

Both firmly believed that Rishabh Pant’s strategy was solid, but its execution faltered slightly.

India’s stand-in skipper, batting on 7, went after Jansen but ended up edging the the short ball to the keeper's gloves, becoming the talking point of the entire third day. Before that Dhruv Jurel played a needless pull-shot off the same bowler to hole out to the mid-on fielder.