Mohammad Siraj composed history, Kapil Dev and Vinu Mankad included in the special list as soon as they landed in the Oval Test
Mohammed Siraj Joins Kapil Dev and Vinoo Mankad: As soon as in the fifth Test Mohammad Siraj Got on the field, he made a place in a special list. Constant performance and tremendous fitness in Test cricket has brought him to a special club. Siraj has now joined the selected Indian bowlers who have shown both fitness and performance. His entry in the legendary list like Kapil Dev and Vinu Mankad is proof that he has now become an important part of India’s Test team.
As soon as Mohammad Siraj landed on the ground in the last match of the Test series being played between India and England on Thursday, 31 July, he touched another big place in his career. Now he has become only the third such bowler of India, who has played all five matches in a foreign Test series three times and has taken 10 or more wickets every time.
Earlier, only two great players were able to do this work, Kapil Dev and Vinu Mankad. Siraj first played all five Tests on the England Tour in 2021, where his performance at Lord’s was memorable. After this, he took 20 wickets in five matches in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy of 2024-25. And now he is playing the fifth consecutive Test again in the current tour of England.
Siraj’s fitness has also been amazing. When the rest of the bowlers were struggling with injuries, Siraj threw long spells and gave captain Shubman Gill wickets on crucial occasions. In his first innings in the Edgbaston Test, 6 -wicket bang bowling was important in India’s victory.
So far in this series, Siraj has taken 14 wickets in 4 matches and he has a chance to improve his wicket number in the Oval Test. The special thing is that on this entire England tour, he is the only Indian fast bowler who has played all five Tests.
