Mohammed Siraj Breaks Silence After Horror Lord's Day: 'Some Matches...'
Siraj had batted brilliantly for 29 balls and over 13 overs, offering more than the expected support from a number 11 with a solid defensive technique. He went back and pushed Bashir's ball down, too, but it dropped near the stumps and rolled to its base and toppled off the bails. It ended India's chase of 193, which was brought to this dire position after the middle-order collapsed in the first session, to cement a 22-run defeat.
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