Mohammed Siraj Breaks Jasprit Bumrah's Record, Becomes 1st Indian Bowler To...
Siraj bowled 16.2 overs for India in the first innings and picked up 4 wickets for 86 runs. He now has six four-wicket hauls to his name in England.
Mohammed Siraj is leading India's bowling attack in the fifth Test against England. In the red-ball match taking place at The Oval, Siraj bowled 16.2 for India in the first innings on Friday (August 1) and picked up 4 wickets for 86 runs. The four-fer by Siraj helped India bowl England out for 247 runs in the first inning, and it also helped him break Jasprit Bumrah's elite bowling record.
Bumrah has played 12 Test matches for India in England and has picked up five four-fers, whereas Siraj now has six four-fers to his name in 11 Tests played so far in England.
Most 4-wicket hauls in England by Indian bowlers (in Tests)
BOWLER MATCHS WICKETS 4-WICKET HAULS
Mohammed Siraj 11 41 6
Jasprit Bumrah 12 51 5
Ishant Sharma 15 51 4
Chetan Sharma 2 16 3
Subhash Gupte 5 17 3
Zaheer Khan 8 31 3
Kapil Dev 13 43 3
Mohammed Shami 14 42 3
Akash Deep 3 12 2
Mohammad Nissar 4 18 2
Venkatesh Prasad 3 15 2
Lala Amarnath 3 13 2
Dilip Doshi 3 13 2
Praveen Kumar 3 15 2
Vinoo Mankad 6 20 2
Ravindra Jadeja 17 34 2
Bishan Singh Bedi 12 35 2
The record of taking the most four-fers in England by a non-English bowler is in the name of Shane Warne. Warne played 22 Tests for the Australian team in England and dismissed at least four batters in an innings 19 times.
Among Asian bowlers, apart from Siraj, Waqar Younis of Pakistan and Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka also picked up six four-fers in England.
Most 4-wicket hauls in England by Asian bowlers (in Tests)
Siraj opened his wicket account on Friday getting England's stand-in captain Ollie Pope out in the second session. The right-handed batter was trapped in front of the wickets for 22 runs from 44 balls. Joe Root was the next English batter who was sent back to the pavilion by Siraj. Like Pope, Root was also trapped in front of the wickets. The 34-year-old right-handed batter scored 29 runs from 45 balls.
Siraj's third wicket came in form of Jacob Bethell. The left-handed batter was also trapped in front of the wickets by him. Bethell, who replaced Ben Stokes in the playing XI for The Oval Test could only manage to add six runs from 14 balls to England's total.
Siraj wrapped up England's first innings by breaching Harry Brook's defence on the second ball of the 52nd over. Brook scored 53 runs from 64 balls.
The four-fer in the first innings of the ongoing red-ball match at The Oval helps Siraj extend his tally of wickets to 18 in the ongoing series. With 18 wickets in eight innings of five matches, Siraj is the highest wicket-taker in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. He is followed by Ben Stokes, who dismissed 17 Indian batters in four matches.
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