Mohammed Siraj Catch Drop: In the India vs England Oval Test, Mohammed Siraj had to apologize in the middle of the field. Know why he did this?
In the Oval Test, India had set a target of 374 runs for England. When the England team was chasing this target, at one point Mohammad Siraj was seen apologizing to fellow bowler Prasidh Krishna in front of thousands of fans. Why did Siraj have to do this? Actually this matter is related to dropping a catch, which if Siraj had caught, then Team India would not have had to struggle much for the fourth wicket in the Oval Test. The picture of Siraj and Krishna is becoming very viral.
Why did Mohammed Siraj apologize?
This incident is of the 35th over of England’s innings. Prasidh Krishna came to bowl and on the first ball of the over, Harry Brook hit an aerial shot, which was caught by Mohammad Siraj standing at the boundary. The ball was in Siraj’s hands, but while trying to regain balance, his foot touched the boundary. Brook was batting on a score of just 19 at that time. This catch proved costly for Team India because Brook has completed his fifty in the Oval Test by the time this article was written.
On the other hand, there was a smile on Prasidh Krishna’s face at one point thinking that Siraj would catch the ball, but as soon as Siraj entered the boundary, the smile on Krishna’s face turned into disappointment. After that, Siraj went to Krishna and both of them shook hands. This picture of theirs is going viral on social media.
Siraj apologising to Prasidh Krishna. pic.twitter.com/DDJhnOcaUr
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A score of 300 has never been chased at The Oval
In the Test match being played at The Oval ground, India had set a target of 374 runs for England. History is a witness that a target of more than 300 runs has never been chased here in Test cricket. The most successful run chase till date at The Oval ground came in the year 1902, when England successfully chased a target of 263 runs against Australia.
