IND vs WI: Indian fast bowler Mohammad Siraj took 5 wickets in the first innings of the second test match against West Indies in Port of Spain and on the basis of his strong bowling, the host team was reduced to 255 runs. Siraj not only achieved the feat of taking a five-wicket haul in an innings for the first time in Tests at this ground but also for the first time in the longest format of cricket on West Indies soil.
Not only this, for the first time in his Test career, he recorded the achievement of taking a five-wicket haul against the Caribbean team. At the same time, he also equalled the 34-year-old record by taking 5 wickets in Port of Spain.
Siraj achieved a special feat in Port of Spain after 34 years
Siraj became the second bowler from India to take 5 wicket haul in an innings of Test cricket at Port of Spain. Before Siraj, on this ground, 34 years ago, Kapil Dev, the former captain of Team India, had done such a wonderful thing for India. That is, he had done such a wonderful thing against the hosts in Port of Spain in 1989 and now Siraj repeated that historical moment again and joined this elite list equaling Kapil Dev. We would like to inform the reader that Mohammed Siraj is playing his first Caribbean test series in his test cricket career, which means he had not played any test series against Caribian Team before.
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Let us tell you that in this match, India scored 438 runs in the first innings. But the West Indies team could only score 255 runs in the first innings in response to this. Captain Kraigg Brathwaite was the best scorer in the first innings for the West Indies, who scored 75 runs for the team. Mohammed Siraj was the most successful bowler in the first innings for India, who took 5 wickets for 60 runs in 23.4 overs. Among other bowlers, Mukesh Kumar and Ravindra Jadeja got 2-2 success while R Ashwin got only one wicket.
The Indian team managed to cross the score of 400 in the first innings of this match with the help of Virat Kohli’s 29th Test century. Kohli played an innings of 121 runs while captain Rohit Sharma came close to a century and was dismissed for 80 runs. Apart from these two, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja also played a good inning of 61 runs against the Indies, while R Ashwin scored 56 runs with the help of 8 fours.
