โIND vs ENG | Twitter lauds fiery Sirajโs precision as Anderson receives taste of his own medicine
Thereโs a famous saying, 'What goes around comes around'. The second session of the third Test between England and India saw a similar circle when legendary bowler James Anderson was cleaned up with breath-taking accuracy by Mohammad Siraj to wrap up the English innings at 319.
Despite a solid start to the innings on the second Day of the Rajkot Test, England's middle order failed to continue with the same momentum on the preceding day. After a fall of three wickets in the morning session, Ben Stokes and Ben Foakesโ brisk resilience was breached post-lunch, courtesy of a strategizing display of cricket from the Indian contingent. Mohammad Siraj was one of the wreakers in chief that cleared the clutter including a brilliant delivery to James Anderson that wrapped up Englandโs tally.
On the first ball of the 72nd over, Siraj came around the wicket to the southpaw and dished a full-pitched delivery that angled into the outside edge of the off stump after Anderson failed to get the bat behind the line. The 41-year-old ended up defending inside the line of the ball and the SG wobbled inward to beat the outside edge of the willow to nick the edge of the off-stump for Siraj's fourth wicket. Seeing the pin-point precision of Siraj get the better of a legendary red-ball bowler, the Twitterverse related it with Anderson getting a taste of his own medicine.
Same to same!
Siraj Recreated lords magical wicket again in Rajkot ๐ฅ pic.twitter.com/30cewOvDl3
โ ANSH. (@KohliPeak) February 17, 2024
Destroyed
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โ JioCinema (@JioCinema)ย February 17, 2024
Siraj wraps up the England innings with finesse ๐ฅ๐#INDvENGย #JioCinemaSportsย #BazBowledย #IDFCFirstBankTestSeriesย pic.twitter.com/WOO1DRVDHE
Dismantled!
โ Jas Pope (@jas_pope93438)ย February 17, 2024
Gone!
โ Jas Pope (@jas_pope93438)ย February 17, 2024
Brilliant
Simply brilliant from Siraj and Kuldeep.
โ Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)ย February 17, 2024
Down to 10 players and what a remarkable fightback.
Lovely to watch
Fire
Apna Siraj Aag hai, Aag! ๐ฅ
โ Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)ย February 17, 2024
The team needed someone to step up in the absence of their senior most bowler and look how the entire bowling unit has responded. This is for Ashwin from the team.ย #IndvEngย pic.twitter.com/CVZ9rR3xCL
Biryani effect
This is what Mohammad Siraj can do if you feed him Biryani in the Lunch ๐
โ Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991)ย February 17, 2024
Exceptional Stuff from Siraj Miya.I am not sure about Bazball but surely Siraj magic has arrived in Rajkot.pic.twitter.com/3QIQ1PLqkF
Crazy
Siraj only performs against Sri Lanka, bro. ๐คก ๐ย pic.twitter.com/rJswf6b17j
โ Aditya Saha (@Adityakrsaha)ย February 17, 2024
Superb
Beautyyy ๐๐ป what a session for team Indiaย #sirajย #indiavsenglandย pic.twitter.com/cJI5gSm3rx
โ Khushpreet Singh Aulakh (@kp_khushpreet)ย February 17, 2024
Completely
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โ lakhan (@lakhan7615)ย February 17, 2024
Siraj wraps up the England innings with finesse ๐ฅ๐#INDvENGย #JioCinemaSportsย #BazBowledย #IDFCFirstBankTestSeriesย pic.twitter.com/yVxuiGyo4M
Bye bye bazzball!
What a spell by Mohammad Siraj today!!ย #Sirajย after destroying Bazball ๐ช๐ฏ#INDvsENGย #INDvENGย #TestCricketย #Bazballย #RohitSharmaย #Bumrahย pic.twitter.com/e4pOl0OUe5
โ Ashutosh Srivastava ๐ฎ๐ณ (@sri_ashutosh08)ย February 17, 2024
Absolute mockery
Siraj makes mockery of this tweet ๐๐๐คฃ๐คฃย https://t.co/XdERlgPatrย pic.twitter.com/QoTzx1qn39
โ Rajveer (@Rajveerkap)ย February 17, 2024
Speak up mate!
Siraj be like :ย pic.twitter.com/xvXBuP9xQA
โ Cricket fan (@Cricket_fan2602)ย February 17, 2024
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