Mohammad Siraj’s head decorated ICC’s special award, this big achievement of his name for the first time in career

Team India’s finest bowler Mohammad Siraj was chosen by the ICC as the Player of the Month. Siraj has been given this honor for tremendous bowling in the Oval Test on England Tour. Siraj played only the Oval Test in the month of August, in which he bowled brilliantly and took 9 wickets in two innings.

Mohammad Siraj’s performance in the Oval Test helped India to end the Test Series 2-2. England had a target of 374 runs in the fourth innings, but India had managed to win that match by 6 runs thanks to Siraj’s 5 wickets. He also took 4 wickets in the first innings. He won the honor by defeating Matt Henry of New Zealand and Jayden Seals of West Indies.

In the Oval Test, Mohammad Siraj bowled 46.3 overs in both innings. Let us tell you that Siraj was the only Indian fast bowler, who played in all 5 Tests on England Tour. In this entire series, he bowled 185.3 overs, which was the highest. Siraj expressed happiness over receiving this special honor and said that his team members are as entitled to this award as he himself.

 

Siraj also benefited in the ranking after taking 23 wickets in the Test series against England. After this amazing performance, he came in 15th position in the Test bowlers rankings. The number 1 Test bowler in the world is Jaspreet Bumrah.