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Will India have to pay the price for Siraj’s mistake?
As the saying goes, ‘A missed catch is a missed match’. However, Mohammad Siraj made a big mistake even without missing a catch.
Will India have to pay the price for Siraj’s mistake?
Harry Brooke pulled a short length ball from Prasidh Krishna. But due to the timing being wrong, the ball went to Siraj standing at long leg. He caught the ball well. But then he could not keep his balance. His right foot touched the boundary line. In addition to getting ‘life’, Brooke also got a six. This batsman, who survived to be 19 runs off 21 balls, has started playing in a T20 mood. He scored the next 19 runs off just 9 balls. He is being well accompanied by the ‘vestige’ Joe Root. As a result, England is in a slightly advantageous position at the end of the first session of the fourth day of the Oval Test. Chasing a target of 374 runs, England went into the lunch break at 164 for 3 wickets. The hosts need 210 more runs to win the series 3-1. India need 7 wickets to end the series 2-2.
England finished the third day yesterday at 50 for 1. Jack Crawley was bowled by Siraj towards the end of the day. Today, another opener, Ben Duckett, was pulling the team along with captain Ollie Pope. However, soon after crossing fifty, Duckett was caught by KL Rahul at second slip off Krishna. Pope could not survive for long after that. He was caught lbw by Siraj while on 27 runs. If Siraj had taken Brook’s catch properly, India would have been in the driver’s seat by now. But Brook and Root put on an unbroken 58-run partnership off 63 balls and went into the lunch break, keeping India under pressure.
As the saying goes, ‘A missed catch is a missed match’. However, Mohammad Siraj made a big mistake even without missing a catch.
Harry Brooke pulled a short length ball from Prasidh Krishna. But due to the timing being wrong, the ball went to Siraj standing at long leg. He caught the ball well. But then he could not keep his balance. His right foot touched the boundary line. In addition to getting ‘life’, Brooke also got a six. This batsman, who survived to be 19 runs off 21 balls, has started playing in a T20 mood. He scored the next 19 runs off just 9 balls. He is being well accompanied by the ‘vestige’ Joe Root. As a result, England is in a slightly advantageous position at the end of the first session of the fourth day of the Oval Test. Chasing a target of 374 runs, England went into the lunch break at 164 for 3 wickets. The hosts need 210 more runs to win the series 3-1. India need 7 wickets to end the series 2-2.
England finished the third day yesterday at 50 for 1. Jack Crawley was bowled by Siraj towards the end of the day. Today, another opener, Ben Duckett, was pulling the team along with captain Ollie Pope. However, soon after crossing fifty, Duckett was caught by KL Rahul at second slip off Krishna. Pope could not survive for long after that. He was caught lbw by Siraj while on 27 runs. If Siraj had taken Brook’s catch properly, India would have been in the driver’s seat by now. But Brook and Root put on an unbroken 58-run partnership off 63 balls and went into the lunch break, keeping India under pressure.
