Mohammed Siraj was back to his chirpy best during the Lord’s Test as he decided to sledge a cautious Joe Root on Day one. The incident occurred right during an interesting phase after the lunch break when Jasprit Bumrah and Siraj applied immense pressure on Root and Ollie Pope.
After going into lunch at 85 for two, England came out to bat hoping to get some quick runs with their Bazballing ways. However, the Indian bowlers and fielders were on the money as the hosts were offered no easy runs. There was a period of 28 balls where England didn’t even score a single run and kept finding the fielders.
The incident between Root and Siraj occurred during the 31st over when the England batter was forced to play a hurried shot as he wanted to break the shackles. But the ball just went past his outside edge because of the bounce and Indian pacer decided to mock Bazball.
Siraj urged Root to play Bazball as he wanted to see it.
“Baz, Baz, Bazball. Now Play Bazball. I want to see,” said Siraj, mocking Joe Root.
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Lord’s Test Day one so far
Day one has so far been an even contest between as India were asked to field by England after winning the toss. The first hour saw the India pacers, led by Jasprit Bumrah, challenge the England openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley and didn’t allow them to get off to a flyer.
Right after the drink’s break at the one hour mark, it was . He picked up the wickets of Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley in the same over, where Shubman Gill dropped a catch to give Ollie Pope a lifeline when he was batting at zero.