Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna Combine For Stunning New Record Vs England In ATT
Shubman Gill's remark about Siraj and Krishna proved true as they led India's comeback at the oval. Siraj took 4/86 and Krishna 4/62, as the day saw a new record.
Shubman Gill's playful remark in the first Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Leeds — ' Ek taraf Mohammed, ek taraf Krishna, dono tabahi' (There's Mohammed on one end, and Krishna at the other, both are destroying England) — makes much more sense after Friday, the second day of the fifth match.
With the team again being without its best bowler in Jasprit Bumrah, the overworked Mohammed Siraj and the much-criticised Prasidh Krishna stood up like rocks for the team. Siraj took four wickets for 86 runs in 16.2 overs, and Prasidh took the same in 16 overs for 62 runs as India bowled out England for 247-10.
It helped create a new record for the five-Test series as their combined tally formed more than half of the 15 wickets that fell in the day. It was the highest so far, beating 14 scalps taken on the fourth day at Lord's. Akash Deep (one wicket), Gus Atkinson (four wickets, three in the previous Indian innings) and Josh Tongue (two wickets, one in each innings) also contributed to the record.
How Prasidh, Siraj scripted the crucial comeback
Siraj and Prasidh's spells brought England down from 92/0 at one stage when they looked set to take a huge lead over the visitors. It all changed when they pushed their lengths fuller after the Lunch break.
'As a team, we knew what happened before lunch and the three fast bowlers, I think we got together in a small corner and decided, what's happened has happened," Prasidh said in the post-match press conference. 'And all of us know what we need to be doing and we just said, every time we are on the field, at the mark, we trust each other enough, go speak to each other, tell them if you're not on the right track, and just make sure you're bowling the right lines and take it from there," he added.
'I think they are playing a lot of shots and as a bowling unit, it's very hard for us to keep bowling the same areas, knowing they're going to do all kinds of things and try to score runs. But that's the challenge in itself. If you can still come there and know what your lengths and lines are and keep bowling the same good balls again and again, I think it's a matter of time. And that's the challenge, to be able to bowl the good lengths in spite of the aggressive intent of the batsman," Prasidh said.
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