IND vs ENG 4th Test | Mohammed Siraj explains how he set up Joe Root's wicket on Day 1
Cricket | March 04, 2021 18:44 ISTRoot was trapped before the wicket by Siraj, who bowled a beautiful inswinger which would have hit the middle and leg stump.
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.
Mohammed Siraj revealed that the umpires at the SCG told skipper Ajinkya Rahane to walk off the park and leave the game.
Siraj drove straight from the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport to the graveyard to pay respects to his deceased father.
With 13 scalps, Siraj was India's highest wicket-taker in the memorable 2-1 series win on Tuesday and people in the locality where the cricketer lives erupted in joy.
Siraj's five for 73, together with Shardul Thakur's four-fer, helped India fold Australia for 294 and set themselves a target of 328 runs on a tricky Gabba track.
On Monday, Siraj returned with figures of 5/73 in just his third Test as India bundled out Australia for 294 in their second innings in the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Playing in his maiden Test series, Siraj grabbed 5 for 73 in the Australian second innings on Monday.
India will need 324 runs more, with all their wickets intact, when they come out to bat on Tuesday to win the fourth and final Test against Australia at The Gabba.
Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj finished as India's highest wicket-taker in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, despite missing the first Test in Adelaide.
Siraj and Thakur combined to share nine wickets while dismissing Australia for 294 in their second innings.
Mohammed Siraj took his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket on Day 4 of the Brisbane Test against Australia.
The pacer took his first five-wicket haul of his Test career on Day 4 of the Brisbane Test against Australia.
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