WATCH: Mohammed Siraj walks up to Najmul Shanto to sledge him; Shanto gives a befitting reply with a boundary

WATCH: Mohammed Siraj walks up to Najmul Shanto to sledge him; Shanto gives a befitting reply with a boundary

Mohammed Siraj walks up to Najmul Shanto to sledge him; Shanto gives a befitting reply with a boundary

Indian bowlers did their best to restrict Bangladesh to keep themselves alive in the second ODI by reducing the score to 69/6 with Mohammed Siraj giving the first two breakthroughs, dismissing openers Anamul Haque and skipper Litton Das on Wednesday (December 7) in Mirpur.

From the word go, Bangladesh’s situation was worsened when Siraj sent Haque off LBW in the second over to invite Najmul Hossain Shanto to the crease. Shanto slammed a four off Siraj on the first ball of the eight over but failed to execute the same on the next two consecutive deliveries. After beating Shanto off the fourth delivery, Siraj walked up to him and both the players engaged in a heated exchange.

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Shanto gave the befitting reply by hitting a boundary on the last ball of Siraj’s over. But Shanto’s inning was short-lived when speed sensation Umran Malik ended his innings with a 151 km/h length ball, shattering his off stump. Despite throwing Bangladesh into a tight situation, India couldn’t gained much as Mehidy Hasan’s century and Mahmudullah’s 77 took their team to 271/7 in their 50 overs.

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Mohammed Siraj is the leading wicket-taker for India in ODIs in 2022

Mohammed Siraj
Mohammed Siraj

Mohammed Siraj ended his spell with two wickets for 73 runs in his full quota of 10 overs. He has been in the form of his life for India lately.

In India’s previous match last month against New Zealand, Siraj bagged four wickets in the third T20I. In ODIs, he has scalped 23 wickets from 15 matches so far and is the leading wicket-taker for India in 2022. Notably, no Indian bowler has scalped more wickets in the powerplay than Siraj since his debut in 2019.

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