‌IND vs ENG | Twitter lauds fiery Siraj’s precision as Anderson receives taste of his own medicine

02/17/2024

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There’s 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 Foakes’ 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 England’s 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 🔥 pic.twitter.com/30cewOvDl3
— ANSH. (@KohliPeak) February 17, 2024

Destroyed

𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 🎯𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 🚀☝️

Siraj wraps up the England innings with finesse 🔥👏#INDvENG #JioCinemaSports #BazBowled #IDFCFirstBankTestSeries pic.twitter.com/WOO1DRVDHE
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) February 17, 2024

Dismantled!

pic.twitter.com/56xb1eAQ1o
— Jas Pope (@jas_pope93438) February 17, 2024

Gone!

pic.twitter.com/vaPwe1Cpcg
— Jas Pope (@jas_pope93438) February 17, 2024

Brilliant

Simply brilliant from Siraj and Kuldeep.

Down to 10 players and what a remarkable fightback.

Lovely to watch
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 17, 2024

Fire

Apna Siraj Aag hai, Aag! 🔥

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. #IndvEng pic.twitter.com/CVZ9rR3xCL
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) February 17, 2024

Biryani effect

This is what Mohammad Siraj can do if you feed him Biryani in the Lunch 😅

Exceptional Stuff from Siraj Miya.I am not sure about Bazball but surely Siraj magic has arrived in Rajkot.pic.twitter.com/3QIQ1PLqkF
— Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991) February 17, 2024

Crazy

Siraj only performs against Sri Lanka, bro. 🤡 😂 pic.twitter.com/rJswf6b17j
— Aditya Saha (@Adityakrsaha) February 17, 2024

Superb

Beautyyy 🙌🏻 what a session for team India #siraj #indiavsengland pic.twitter.com/cJI5gSm3rx
— Khushpreet Singh Aulakh (@kp_khushpreet) February 17, 2024

Completely

𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 🎯𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 🚀☝️

Siraj wraps up the England innings with finesse 🔥👏#INDvENG #JioCinemaSports #BazBowled #IDFCFirstBankTestSeries pic.twitter.com/yVxuiGyo4M
— lakhan (@lakhan7615) February 17, 2024

Bye bye bazzball!

What a spell by Mohammad Siraj today!! #Siraj after destroying Bazball 💪💯#INDvsENG #INDvENG #TestCricket #Bazball #RohitSharma #Bumrah pic.twitter.com/e4pOl0OUe5
— Ashutosh Srivastava 🇮🇳 (@sri_ashutosh08) February 17, 2024

Absolute mockery