ENG vs IND 2nd Test: Unsure Pant, imploring Siraj annoy captain Virat Kohli after DRS goof-up
Cricket | August 13, 2021 22:17 ISTIndia lost both the reviews off Mohammed Siraj's bowling in their desperation to get England skipper Root's wicket.
India lost both the reviews off Mohammed Siraj's bowling in their desperation to get England skipper Root's wicket.
Although it should have been easy picking the India XI for the summit clash against the Blackcaps the historic win Down Under offered a few happy headaches after the debutants made sizeable contributions to make their case.
Asked about his preferred team combination for the final, Harbhajan gave his reason why he feels Siraj can pip Ishant for a place in the final XI.
In the early hours of Thursday, Siraj, 27, left for England with the Indian team for the World Test Championship final against New Zealand and a five-Test series against host England.
Siraj said he will try to draw batsmen on to the front-foot in England since the pitches there are different from those in Australia.
The right-arm pace bowler had made his Test debut in Australia during the Test series which India won. He ended up bowling the most number of overs among Indian bowlers.
Siraj ended the four-match Test series against Australia as India's highest wicket-taker.
The 27-year-old pacer was on international duty with the Indian team in Australia when his father passed away.
Siraj, who is now taking some time off with his family at this hour of country's struggle with the pandemic, revealed his recent success is owed to Indian skipper Virat Kohli who backed him through thick and thin.
The 27-year-old has played five Tests, one ODI and three T20Is for India so far.
England's batsmen lost the battle of both mind and skills in yet another shoddy performance to surrender the momentum to India with Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin calling the shots on the opening day of the fourth and final Test on Thursday.
Root was trapped before the wicket by Siraj, who bowled a beautiful inswinger which would have hit the middle and leg stump.
Only Stokes (55) and Dan Lawrence (46) were able to show some resistance on the opening day of the fourth Test.
Mohammed Siraj bowled two outswingers before bowling a back-of-the-length in-swing delivery, and finally dragged the length full to trap Joe Root in front of stumps.
Ravichandran Ashwin slammed a century during the Day 3 of the second Test against England in Chennai.
Both, Siraj and Kuldeep are not part of the ongoing first Test between India and England in Chennai.
After returning back to India, Siraj also went to the graveyard to pay respects to his late father.
Siraj picked 13 wickets in the three Tests he played, the first of which was his debut, through the course of the series which India won 2-1.
On his maiden five-wicket haul during 4th test against Australia, Cricketer Mohammed Siraj said, "I dedicated all my wickets to him. My celebration with Mayank Agarwal was dedicated to him. I didn't think of taking these many wickets. After many players got injured, everyone was trusting me. I was under pressure and it was challenging to do this."
Siraj also said that Jasprit Bumrah too backed him immensely in Australia.
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