<p>Melbourne: Having denied Australia the upper hand in the company of Nitish Reddy on <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/boxing-day-test">Boxing Day Test</a>'s third day, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/washington-sundar">Washington Sundar</a> even visualised a potential win for India.</p>.<p>A 127-run stand between Washington (50) and Nitish (105 n.o.) on a rain-curtailed Saturday, helped India finish the day at a far more comfortable 358/9 here at the MCG. India are still 116 runs behind Australia's 474 but it's a far cry from where they were at one stage -- 221/7. </p>.<p>"I still feel there's something for the bowlers in this wicket, so if we can get them all out around 100-150, I think..." Washington said while not ruling out India's win. "Generally, for bowlers, there is something in the wicket, because sun doesn't come out a lot, and it's been overcast for most of the game until now.</p>.BGT 2024-25: King Kohli succumbs to his vice after long restraint .<p>"So, if we can bowl the right areas, if we can take our chances, I'm sure we should be able to get them for 150, and day 5 will be a lot more exciting as well."</p>.<p>Spending time in the middle, Washington underlined, was crucial. </p>.<p>"It was definitely important for us to spend a lot of time out there in the middle, because runs would come at some stage," he noted. "Even if it didn't in some phases of the game, runs would definitely come. But the most important thing was to obviously dig in, especially with that partnership. I think we did that pretty well today." </p>.<p>The off-spinning all-rounder said he didn't have to do much apart from reminding demands of the situation to Nitish during their partnership. </p>.<p>"We definitely had an objective and message from the dressing room every now and then, so I just had to sort of tell him what is important at this point of time, and if we can just focus on this, the rest of the things will be taken care of. I think both of us complemented each other really well, and definitely the communications that we had with each other helped us and the team as well."</p>
<p>Melbourne: Having denied Australia the upper hand in the company of Nitish Reddy on <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/boxing-day-test">Boxing Day Test</a>'s third day, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/washington-sundar">Washington Sundar</a> even visualised a potential win for India.</p>.<p>A 127-run stand between Washington (50) and Nitish (105 n.o.) on a rain-curtailed Saturday, helped India finish the day at a far more comfortable 358/9 here at the MCG. India are still 116 runs behind Australia's 474 but it's a far cry from where they were at one stage -- 221/7. </p>.<p>"I still feel there's something for the bowlers in this wicket, so if we can get them all out around 100-150, I think..." Washington said while not ruling out India's win. "Generally, for bowlers, there is something in the wicket, because sun doesn't come out a lot, and it's been overcast for most of the game until now.</p>.BGT 2024-25: King Kohli succumbs to his vice after long restraint .<p>"So, if we can bowl the right areas, if we can take our chances, I'm sure we should be able to get them for 150, and day 5 will be a lot more exciting as well."</p>.<p>Spending time in the middle, Washington underlined, was crucial. </p>.<p>"It was definitely important for us to spend a lot of time out there in the middle, because runs would come at some stage," he noted. "Even if it didn't in some phases of the game, runs would definitely come. But the most important thing was to obviously dig in, especially with that partnership. I think we did that pretty well today." </p>.<p>The off-spinning all-rounder said he didn't have to do much apart from reminding demands of the situation to Nitish during their partnership. </p>.<p>"We definitely had an objective and message from the dressing room every now and then, so I just had to sort of tell him what is important at this point of time, and if we can just focus on this, the rest of the things will be taken care of. I think both of us complemented each other really well, and definitely the communications that we had with each other helped us and the team as well."</p>