IND v ENG: 'It's unbelievable' - Siraj joins Kapil in elite club with sensational spell

NEW DELHI: Mohammed Siraj etched his sanction into Indian cricket past connected Friday, becoming lone the 4th Indian bowler to assertion a five-wicket haul astatine Edgbaston. His fiery 6/70 against England successful the ongoing 2nd Test enactment him alongside legends Kapil Dev, Chetan Sharma, and Ishant Sharma arsenic portion of an elite nine of Indian pacers to execute the feat astatine this historical venue.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Siraj’s six-for is besides the champion bowling show by an Indian astatine Edgbaston since Chetan Sharma’s 6/58 successful 1986 and the archetypal by immoderate visiting pacer to instrumentality six wickets successful an innings astatine the crushed since 1993.

"It’s unbelievable due to the fact that I was waiting for this for a agelong time," Siraj said aft the innings. "I person bowled good but ne'er got a five-for here. I person lone got four-fors, truthful this 1 is precise special."

The 31-year-old Hyderabad pacer ripped done England's apical bid aboriginal connected Day 3, reducing them to 84/5 earlier a stunning 303-run concern betwixt Harry Brook (158) and Jamie Smith (184*) brought the hosts backmost into the game. But Siraj returned with the 2nd caller shot to hitch retired the tail, ending England's innings astatine 407 successful reply to India’s 587.Leading an inexperienced gait onslaught successful the lack of Jasprit Bumrah, Siraj embraced the responsibility. "My purpose was to not effort excessively overmuch and vessel successful the close areas. I emotion work and I emotion the challenge," helium said.

As helium walked off, shot raised precocious and applauded from each corners, Siraj was greeted with a lukewarm hug by Bumrah himself — a fitting tribute to India's caller gait spearhead.Best bowling figures for Indian bowler astatine Edgbaston