Siraj’s brilliant performance, India beat England in incredible drama

Sports Desk

How many times has world cricket seen such a tense Test before! Such a question may arise. What an incredible ending to a match that changed colors repeatedly. In a Test that was almost lost by England’s double century, Mohammad Siraj bowled brilliantly, the injured Chris Woakes went down with a sling in one hand to save England. But to no avail. After taking four wickets in the first innings, Siraj won India by taking five wickets in the second innings.

India defeated England by 6 runs in the first session of the final day at the Oval on Monday. England needed 35 runs to win the match, India 4 wickets. Mohammed Siraj took 2 wickets early in the day. Prasidh Krishna took the ninth wicket with 18 runs remaining. As the last batsman, Woakes, who had a serious shoulder injury, went down with one arm tied. He was at the non-striker end, he did not have to face the ball anymore. Siraj ended the match by bowling Gus Atkinson.

Dramatic fourth innings:

Chasing a target of 374, England came close to victory in their second innings thanks to double centuries from Joe Root and Harry Brook. Root scored 105 off 152 balls and Brook scored 111 off 98 balls. But after the departure of these two centurions, India’s bowlers came back into the game. With no one else in England’s lower order able to score big runs, their innings was eventually bowled out for 367. For India, Mohammad Siraj took 5 wickets and Prasidh Krishna 4 wickets to ensure the team’s victory.

England looked to be on the verge of victory but were unable to hold on to the brilliant bowling performance of Siraj and Prasidh. With this thrilling win, the Indian team finished the series tied at 2-2.

First innings performance:

Batting first, India were all out for 223 in their first innings. Karun Nair’s 57 and Sai Sudarshan’s 38 provided some resistance. However, the Indian batting lineup collapsed in the face of England’s bowling. Gus Atkinson took 5 wickets and Josh Tang took 3 wickets for England. England then scored 247 runs in their first innings, taking a lead of 27 runs. Jack Crawley scored 64 and Harry Brooke scored 53 runs for England. Among the Indian bowlers, Mohammad Siraj took 4 wickets and Prasidh Krishna took 4 wickets.

Second innings performance:

India, trailing by 29 runs, batted in their second innings and scored 396 runs. Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal continued his excellent form with a brilliant innings of 118 runs. Akash Deep scored 66, Ravindra Jadeja 53 and Washington Sundar 53 runs to help the team achieve a big total. Josh Tang took 5 wickets and Gus Atkinson took 3 wickets for England.