India National Cricket Team pacer Mohammed Siraj hasn’t been having a great day on the field in the ongoing match against the Australia National Cricket Team. The Boxing-day Test between the teams is underway at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne.
Mohammed Siraj, who took the new ball with Jasprit Bumrah, couldn’t make an impact early on and so far has failed to take the wickets in the match. The fast bowler hasn’t even troubled the batters and runs have come quite easily against him.
Not only with the ball, but Mohammed Siraj has been extremely poor in the field. The India National Cricket Team pacer has come up with sloppy efforts on the field and the latest one came on the 1st ball of the 67th over when Jasprit Bumrah was bowling to Steve Smith.
Jasprit Bumrah bowled a delivery that was pitched up outside off. Steve Smith stroked it past extra cover, and it seemed that it would be just a single, but Mohammed Siraj came up with an extremely poor effort as he didn’t time his slide correctly.
This allowed the Australia National Cricket Team to take three runs as Mohammed Siraj’s poor day in the field continued.
Mohammed Siraj comes up with the sloppy effort in the field
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Mohammed Siraj’s poor effort within the field came as a blessing in disguise for the India as Jasprit Bumrah removes Travis Head for duck
Mohammed Siraj’s poor effort within the field came as a blessing in disguise for the India National Cricket Team. It allowed Travis Head, who just came to bat, to face Jasprit Bumrah early on his innings and the batter couldn’t do any damage with the bat in the game.
Jasprit Bumrah castled the stumps of the batter and sent him packing for a duck. The premier pacer picked his second wicket in the form of Travis Head and followed it up with the wicket of Mitchell Marsh to bring the India National Cricket Team back in the match.
Jasprit Bumrah has yet again struggled to get support from Mohammed Siraj in the ongoing series. The latter has looked torrid with the ball and in his first 13 overs, he hasn’t picked a single wicket, which is a big cause of concern for the India National Cricket Team.
Top 4 Australian batters slam half-centuries to put their team at top
Earlier in the day, Australia National Cricket Team won the toss and opted to bat first. Debutant Sam Konstas set the stage on fire as he took the attack to the India National Cricket Team bowlers and slammed a brutal half-century on debut, putting visitors on the back foot.
Along with him Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith also has slammed half-centuries. The Australia National Cricket Team are in the driver’s seat in the game as they have gone past the 280-rum mark with ease.
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