ENG vs IND | Twitter salutes as Siraj has last laugh over Ollie Pope after successful review
Mohammed Siraj has often been seen as someone who is very emotional, especially with his DRS requests. But it was a welcome exception against England at Lord’s as he successfully persuaded captain Shubman Gill to review Ollie Pope’s LBW decision before earning plaudits from his teammates.
With scores level after the first innings of the third Test between England and India at Lord’s, the match sat on a knife-edge with the home side starting day four at 2/0. The England openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley struggled with the variable bounce, with India giving nothing away with the new ball.
The pressure finally played into the batters’ minds as Mohammed Siraj dismissed Ben Duckett, who mistimed a shot straight to the mid-on fielder. The pacer was pumped up as he came into bowl his sixth straight over with impressive figures of 1/10, including a maiden in his first five.
He bowled a jaffa off the last ball which pitched on a length outside off stump before seaming in to pass Ollie Pope’s willow. The Gujarat Titans pacer was sure that he got his man as he appealed vociferously, but umpire Paul Reiffel thought otherwise. Siraj was confident as he immediately turned to skipper Shubman Gill to persuade him for a review.
With Siraj confirming that the height was right, Gill went for the review despite missing out on the last occasion earlier in the day. Mohammed Siraj’s request stood vindicated as three red lights forced Pope to start his long walk back to the pavilion.
Twitter was impressed with Siraj as the bowler glowed in the limelight, with teammates congratulating him for an excellent call.
Miyan...
— BavumaTheKing Temba (@bavumathek83578)
Too good
SIRAJ IN THE FIRST HOUR: 6-2-10-2 🥶
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Time to get rich
ICC looking at 15% of Siraj's match fee
— CharlieCooke_ (@CookeeCharlie)
Super miyan
Siraj miyan 🥵
— kc (@kohliception)
Beauty
Siraj you beauty 💓😍
— Vicky (@VickyBikundiya)
FIR registered
DSP Siraj arrested Umpire and Ollie Pope in same delivery 😂
— Prashant Singh (@LibranLifter)
What a review
DSP Siraj strikes again 💪
— RCBIANS OFFICIAL (@RcbianOfficial)
Pope arrested
What a review 🙌
3 reds
3 reds and it’s out - Mohammad Siraj strikes again to dismiss Ollie Pope !!
— Cricketism (@MidnightMusinng)
Love it
the way everyone is looking at Siraj after he got Pope out, i soo love this sport
— Pallavi Anand (@PallaviSAnand)
Great review
DSP SIRAJ ON FIRE 🔥 🔥 🔥
— Dr. Kamal Suryom (@K_Suryom)
Umpire tried saving Ollie Pope, but DRS ne kar diya “Doodh ka doodh, pani ka pani”
Siraj’s celebrations are always stylish and entertaining 😍👌🏼
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