Watch: Washington Sundar goes on six-hitting spree at Oval, bludgeons 39-ball 50
He started his onslaught by launching Atkinson for a maximum towards deep square leg. The southpaw further targeted the same boundary in the very next over, depositing Tongue's deliveries into the stands with another flick and a hook shot.He further managed to get 17 runs off the next over against Atkinson, whacking him for a boundary and six to bring up his half century off 39 balls. He was finally dismissed on 53 (46) after miscuing a shot and was caught by Zak Crawley at midwicket.Courtesy of his blitzkrieg, India managed to add 39 crucial runs to their total and extended their second innings lead to 373, setting a big target for England to chase. Earlier, Sundar added 34 runs with Ravindra Jadeja (53) for the eighth wicket, who scored his sixth fifty-plus score of the series.Earlier, Jaiswal played a magnificent innings of 118 (164), smashing 14 fours and two sixes. He started the day by stitching a massive partnership with Akash Deep as the duo frustrated England in the first session. They added 107 runs for the fourth wicket off 150 balls to suck the life out of a depleted England attack sans Chris Woakes. Akash scored his maiden Test half century, coming in to bat as nightwatchman. He played a brilliant innings of 66 (94) with the help of 12 boundaries.- EndsMust Watch
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