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King pair cricket: Mohammed Siraj sends back Moeen Ali and Sam Curran on consecutive balls in Lord’s Test

Dixit Bhargav
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King pair cricket: Mohammed Siraj sends back Moeen Ali and Sam Curran on consecutive balls in Lord's Test

Mohammed Siraj: The Indian fast bowler continued his red hot form with the ball in hand at the highest level on Day 5 of the second Test.

During the fifth day of the second Test of the ongoing India’s tour of England at Lord’s, India fast bowler Mohammed Siraj was once again among the wickets after he sent back England all-rounders Moeen Ali (13) and Sam Curran (0) on consecutive deliveries.

Having bowled seven wicket-less overs in the second innings, it was in his second spell that Siraj stood tall to not just pick one but two wickets and, that too, for the second time in the match.

It all happened on the first delivery of the 39th over when Ali edged a Siraj delivery to India captain Virat Kohli at first slip. Having already grabbed and dropped a catch each today, Kohli has had a busy day in the slips.

On the following delivery, Curran’s horror show with the bat in hand in this series continued as he put on display an identical dismissal. However, the catch was completed by India wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant on this occasion. Readers must note that both Ali and Curran were found wanting after not using their feet against an in-form bowler.

It is worth mentioning that it was India fast bowler Ishant Sharma who had dismissed Ali and Curran on back-to-back deliveries in the first innings. Given how Curran has been dismissed for two first-ball ducks in this match, he has registered a “King Pair”. Pair, on the other hand, is when a batsman gets out without scoring (but facing more than one delivery) in both the innings on a Test match.

Chasing a 272-run target, England are in tatters after having lost seven wickets. With almost 16 more overs remaining in the day, it would require a monumental effort on the part of the hosts’ lower-order batsmen to survive against this Indian bowling attack.

Mohammed Siraj send back Moeen Ali and Sam Curran on consecutive balls in Lord’s Test

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Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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