India pacer Mohammed Siraj was on Monday nominated for ICC’s Player of the Month Award for August for his heroics in the fifth and final Test of the England tour, along with New Zealand’s Matt Henry and West Indies’ Jayden Seales. In a series marked by injuries to several players from both teams, Siraj stood…
India pacer Mohammed Siraj on Wednesday landed in his hometown Hyderabad after a stellar performance in the intensely contested drawn Test series against England, and enthusiastic fans made a beeline to welcome him. Siraj was the leading wicket-taker in the five-match series. He played all the five games and bowled a mammoth 185.3 overs. The…
Fast bowling is a precise art, and a surfeit of it can blunt the skill and its efficacy. Fast bowling is also a taxing vocation, and overindulgence can break the human will and body. But then Mohammed Siraj still bounds in, bowling his 1113th delivery on his 25th day of cricket on a tour lasting…
Sport doesn’t build character; it reveals it — but only in Test cricket does it leave it bruised, stitched, and interrogated over five days of ordeal. Across five matches between India and England this summer, character was exposed in ways that T20 would scarcely permit and one-dayers barely accommodate. The collisions were not just between…
After a series-saving five-wicket haul at the Kennington Oval, Mohammed Siraj was spotted learning a trend for an Instagram reel from fellow quick Arshdeep Singh. It involved a nonchalant utterance of the words: “Pressure? What pressure?” Arshdeep then chided a bumbling Siraj, “He has to be taught everything besides bowling!” He was right. With 23…
Mohammed Siraj woke up at six o’clock in the morning on Monday, took out his phone, and searched the internet for a wallpaper with the word ‘Believe’ written on it. The first thing that he came across was a picture of Cristiano Ronaldo in the Manchester United colours. And for the next few minutes, he…
India skipper Shubman Gill was named India’s ‘Player of the Series’ after the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series ended in a 2-2 stalemate at The Oval in London on Monday. Gill was the leading run scorer of the five-match series, finishing with a whopping 754 runs in 10 innings at an average of 75.40. He struck as…
Friday afternoon at The Oval epitomised the ebbs and flows that have come to define the game’s longest format in recent times. Just like the fickle English weather, India’s fast bowlers bounced back after a jaded first session, where Zak Crawley (64, 57b, 14×4) and Ben Duckett (43, 38b, 5×4, 2×6) added 92 inside 13…
India’s troubles compounded on the third day of the fourth Test against England in Manchester when Mohammed Siraj limped off the field due to discomfort in his left ankle. Moments earlier, Jasprit Bumrah had left the field mid spell due to discomfort on his left ankle. Though the spearhead returned to the field after four…
Mohammed Siraj has bowled relentlessly in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy without ever complaining of workload. Having featured in all three Tests so far, he has claimed 13 wickets—the most by an Indian bowler in the series—in 109 overs. As he gears up for the fourth Test at Old Trafford, Siraj believes that it’s playing for the…