Mohammed Siraj and Harry Brook exchanged some heated phrases throughout Day 3 of the primary Take a look at between India and England at Headingley, Leeds, on Sunday, June 22. The suitable-arm pacer tried to get into the thoughts of the batter after being struck for consecutive boundaries within the 84th over of the innings.
Brook took down the brand new ball freely because the Indian pacers couldn’t extract a lot motion with it. The suitable-handed batter struck two chic boundaries off Siraj, who was working out of solutions. The pacer responded with a strong supply that nipped again in, slicing Brook in half, and issued a few phrases after a protracted stare.
Brook simply waved him off, desperate to get on together with his innings, and faucet into the momentum he had. Siraj’s ploy of getting right into a disagreement with the England batter didn’t repay as he conceded 18 runs within the subsequent over, which included a chic six over lengthy on.
Take a look on the change between the 2 gamers proper right here:
Mohammed Siraj was left with no reply after the batter’s carnage within the 86th over. The pacer has largely been off shade, missing consistency proper from his first spell with the brand new ball on Day 2. Up to now, he has solely claimed Ben Stokes’ wicket within the sixty fifth over of the innings.
The Indian bowler was concerned in an analogous heated altercation with Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head throughout the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar collection, for which he even copped a positive after being sanctioned by the ICC.
Harry Brook agonisingly missed out on a house floor hundred after being dismissed on 99
The England batter ventured into the nineties following the onslaught towards Siraj. He reached 99 after claiming a few runs off Prasidh Krishna firstly of the 88th over.
Brook narrowly averted nicking one to the wicket-keeper the following ball, however couldn’t resist a pull shot off the third supply of the over. He didn’t hold it down, and Shardul Thakur took a shaky catch at positive leg to disclaim the batter a ton on his house floor.
Earlier than this Take a look at, he had performed just one Take a look at at Headingley, which got here throughout the 2023 Ashes. On that event, he scored 3 and 75 within the first and the second innings, respectively.
On the time of writing, England’s tail is waggling strongly as they give the impression of being to match India’s first innings complete. The rating reads 441-7, with each Chris Woakes and Brydon Carse trying comfy on the crease, and the guests’ lead minimize down to only 30.
Edited by Gokul Nair