Mohammed siraj ind vs eng 2nd test: In the beginning of the day of Edgbaston Test, Mohammad Siraj took two wickets in his first over and shook England’s innings. Siraj moved the root (22) and Ben Stokes (0). Due to which England team score increased to 84/5. But later Jamie Smith and Harry Brook shared a record of 303 runs in 368 balls. However, even after this, England team team was reduced to 407 runs.
Siraj performed memorable with 6 wickets in Edgbaston Test, while at the other end he also got a lot of Akash Deep. He took 4 wickets while playing in place of Bumrah. During this match, a figure of Mohammad Siraj looked very shocking. Actually, when Siraj plays without Jaspreet Bumrah or Mohammed Shami without Jaspreet Bumrah or Mohammed Shami, his Test figures become more bhakali.
A determined spell applauded by his teammates 🙌
Mohd. Siraj with a Memorable Bowling Performance in Edgbaston 👏👏
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When Siraj played Test match with Bumrah
Siraj has so far played 23 Test matches with Jasprit Bumrah and his bowling average in these matches has been 33.82. But when he is playing without Bumrah, that is, in 15 Test matches, his average has improved to 25.20. That is, it is fantastic.
When played Test match with Siraj Shami
In the 9 Tests played with Mohammed Shami, Siraj has an average of 34.96, while when he is playing with both Bumrah and Shami, he has an average of 33.05 in 6 such Tests.
When Siraj played without Shami-Bumrah
The most interesting figure is that in the 12 Test matches in which Siraj neither bowled with Bumrah nor Shami, his average has been only 22.27, which is the best figure of his career.
It is clear that when Siraj alone appears in the role of ‘lead bowler’, he performs more effective. That is, when they are given trust and responsibility in them, then its direct impact is visible on their performance. At the same time, after the match, Siraj also admitted himself that he likes to take responsibility.
Questions raised on Australia’s performance, changed the atmosphere in Edgbaston
Siraj did not perform poorly in Australia, but even then his performance was questioned. During the Border Gavaskar Trophy, he took 20 wickets at an average of 31.15, while that series was considered to be a seam and swing friendly. But when the wickets are not received repeatedly, critics look at the career average, which was 31.83 at the beginning of this series (Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy).
However, the story changed in Edgbaston. When all the experts and fans were worrying about the absence of Bumrah, Siraj came, he took the ball after Akash Deep, and bowled in his style. Neither did he change the length, nor got too much seam and more swing, yet he took 6 wickets.
It was one thing that he changed was the line. His 47.5% balls in the headingley were in the ‘channel’ outside the off stump, while in Edgbaston she decreased to 42.9%. He bowled balls on more straight line, increased from 22.5% to 33.8%.
Siraj himself knows how much luck is the role of luck in cricket. He said after the match- I was looking for five wickets for a year, every time I used to get stuck on four, today (July 4) is a very special day, because in England I had only 4 vicious all. Although Siraj threw the lowest overs in this innings of England towards India, but still the most often hit the stumps, in total 28 times. Three of them got wickets.
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