Mohammed Siraj has waited for more than four years for a five WICKET route on English soil. The pacemaker Hyderabadi approached a Fifer four times and fell short by a wickt four times.
He played a very important role in the victory of 151 races in India while defending only 271 in Lord’s in 2021 when he claimed 4-32 in the second tickets when India knocked England for 120 in one afternoon.
On the third day of the second test of the Tendulkar-Anderson trophy, India needed that Siraj advance instead of resort Jasprit Bumrah and did it with style.
Mohammed Siraj states 6-70 when India takes a great advantage in Eng vs Ind 2nd test
The Foundation was placed by Captain Shubman Gill when the 25 -year -old obtained a 269 record to boost India to a total of 587.
Siraj, driven by Akash Deep’s New-Ball phrase on day 2, began with an excellent ball to Joe Root that was overcome the guardian.
He landed a double blow by sending the captain of England Ben Stokes with a short ball that pulled out an edge of left -handed feathers and landed softly in Rishabh Pant’s gloves.
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Once this was done, India went through a trial time for two sessions, since Jamie Smith (184 was not) and Harry Brook (158) added 304 races for the sixth wickt.
Once Brook was punished by Akash Deep’s peach from a delivery with the second new ball, Siraj made sure there was no resistance to England’s tailenders by eliminating Brydon Crse, Josh Longue and Shoaib Bashir for the ducks.
Happy to step forward in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah
After registering his best figures on English soil, Siraj was happy that he could deliver in the absence of Bumrah.
“It is the third or fourth game of Akash Deep, the same for Prasidh, so I focused on maintaining consistent pressure and building. I want to try different things, but I have to stay consistent,” Siraj told Star Sports after the game of the day.
As strange as it seems, the average sirej test is 25 without Bumrah in the game XI compared to 33 when the rhythm spear head is playing.
When asked how this statistic looks, Siraj replied:
“I love responsibility, I love challenge.”
As a result of the Siraj spell, India ended the day with an advantage of 244 races with KL Rahul (28 was not) and Karun Nair (7 were not) to the fold.
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