Mohammed Siraj’s peach of a delivery puts India on top in 5th Test

Samira Vishwas

Tezzbuzz|03-08-2025

Overview:

The field was set for a short ball but Siraj went for a Yorker, surprising the English opener.

Mohammed Siraj produced a magical delivery to dismiss Zak Crawley in England’s second innings of the fifth and final Test. The field was set for a short ball but Siraj went for a Yorker, surprising the English opener.

The stumps were rattled and the batter couldn’t believe as it was the penultimate ball of the day. Chasing 374 runs, the hosts were 50/1 and still need 324 runs to lift the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.

Siraj has completed 100 wickets in overseas matches. In the first innings, the right-arm pacer picked up four scalps. Earlier, India accumulated 396 runs, with Yashasvi Jaiswal scoring a hundred. Akash Deep, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar chipped in with fifties. Gus Atkinson (5 wickets) Josh Tongue (3 wickets) and Jamie Overton (2 wickets) were the wicker-takers.

Meanwhile, the visitors managed 224 runs in their first innings while England amassed 247. England are leading the series by a margin of 2-1.