- By Vishal Pushkar
- Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:20 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
IND vs ENG: After a lacklustre first spell in the innings on Day 2, Mohammed Siraj roared back to form to pick a four-wicket haul to restrict England to 247 before they got a slender lead of 23 after the first innings. With this four-fer, Siraj went England captain Ben Stokes' tally of 17 wickets to surpass him as the leading wicket-taker in the series.
With this incredible performance, Siraj also completed the milestone of 200 international wickets (203) in 101 matches at an average of 29.06 and an economy of 4.11, with best figures of 6/15 in Australia.
He has taken four five-wicket hauls in Tests, all of them outside Asia, one each in Australia, England, the West Indies and South Africa.
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Siraj was well supported by Prasidh Krishna, who also took four wickets in the match, justifying his spot in the XI.
Notably, the 31-year-old went for 7 runs an over in his initial four-over spell. For course-correction, he bowled a marathon 8-over spell to grab three important wickets to bring India back into the contest.
Siraj removed England skipper Ollie Pope, No.1 Test batter Joe Root, Jacob Bethell, and Harry Brook.
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The duo of Siraj and Krishna planned England's collapse at the hosts went from 109/1 at lunch to 247 all out as Chris Woakes was not available to bat due to a shoulder injury.
Opener Zak Crawley and Brook scored half-centuries for the hosts.
Brief Scores:
India 1st innings: 224 all out in 69.4 overs (Karun Nair 57, Sai Sudharsan 38; Gus Atkinson 5/33.)
England 1st innings: 247 all out in 51.2 overs (Zak Crawley 64, Harry Brook 53 ; Mohammed Siraj 4/86, Prasidh Krishna 4/62)