Jasprit Bumrah had a humorous reaction to Mohammed Siraj’s struggle to see the ball during the second innings of the ongoing first Test between India and Bangladesh at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
The incident took place in the 19th over of Bangladesh’s innings when Jasprit Bumrah was bowling towards Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto. Mohammed Siraj was fielding at the deep and backward square leg position at the time.
On the fifth ball of the over, the Indian pacer bowled a shorter delivery down the leg side and Shanto sent it towards Mohammed Siraj. However, the pacer could not see the ball clearly as he took a step to his left before realising that the ball was on his right side.
In the end, Mohammed Siraj made a spectacular save by diving in the last minute to save three runs for the team. As soon as he stopped the ball, he made a gesture with his hands to indicate that he could not see the ball. Seeing Siraj’s reaction, Jasprit Bumrah was quick to remind him to put on his sunglasses and not keep them on his cap.
Watch the incident between Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj:
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Meanwhile, Bangladesh were at 124 for 3 after 30 overs at the time of writing this report. Shanto and Mushfiqur Rahim were in the middle for the visitors. On the final ball of the 30th over, Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Mominul Haque for 13 runs.
After posting 515 runs, Bangladesh got off to a flying start as openers Shadman Islam and Zakir Hasan added 62 runs for the first wicket. Yashasvi Jaiswal took a stunning catch to send Zakir back and break the partnership. Later, Ashwin sent Islam back to reduce Bangladesh to 86 for 2.
Earlier in the day, India declared their second innings at 287/4. After being reduced to 67 for 3, India managed to bounce back thanks to brilliant centuries from Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant. Gill remained unbeaten on 119 runs while Pant was out for 109.
In the first innings, India had scored 376 runs after being reduced to 144/6. The architects of India’s comeback were Ravichandran Ashwin (113) and Ravindra Jadeja (86). In reply, Bangladesh’s batsmen failed to impress and the visitors were bowled out for a modest total of 149 runs.