The fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar series between India and Australia is going on at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. On the second day of the match, Australia's first innings ended at 474 runs. Meanwhile, Kangaroo batsman Steve Smith scored his 34th Test century. Jasprit Bumrah once again did wonders for India and took maximum 4 wickets. Apart from them, Ravindra Jadeja got 3 wickets and Akash Deep got two wickets. During this period, Mohammad Siraj was unfortunate, where not a single wicket came in his account.
Siraj did not get any success
During Australia's first innings, Siraj tried his best to take wickets, but to no avail. Meanwhile, the Kangaroo batsmen gave them a crushing defeat and scored 122 runs in 23 overs. Siraj spent runs here with an economy of 5.30.
Shameful record in Siraj's name!
With this, an unwanted record was registered in the name of Siraj, where he became the Indian bowler who scored the most runs without taking a wicket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Siraj has left behind Ishant Sharma here, who had scored 104 runs without taking any wicket on the same ground ten years ago.
Team India missed Shami
Siraj, who shone with the ball on the last Australian tour, has completely failed this time. The team hoped that he would prove to be the perfect partner for Jasprit Bumrah, but it did not happen. Siraj has not been able to take many wickets on this tour, hence the team is missing Mohammed Shami, who is out of the series due to fitness. He was to be included in Team India for the series, but he did not get fitness clearance from the National Cricket Academy (NCA) for the last two Test matches.
Siraj's performance
Siraj took 4 wickets in the last Test against the Kangaroos, taking his tally of wickets so far in the series to 13. After his performance, former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar advised him that he should prepare himself again. He said, 'The way Siraj is bowling right now is not suitable for Australian conditions.'
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