Former India national cricket team wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has made a shocking revelation to Test Captain Shubman Gill about the player of the Series Award in Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025.
Dinesh Karthik said that Test captain, Shubman Gill, England head coach Brendon McCullum was not the real choice, and he wanted the award to another India Star.
Shubman Gill is not! Brendon McCullum wanted Mohammad Siraj as a utensil
Shubman Gill won the Player of the Series Award for India at the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025, and Harry Brook won the same award for England. Head coaches Gautam Gambhir and Brendon McCullum were given jobs to select the Player of the Match for the opposition team.
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Meanwhile, Dinesh Karthik has revealed that McCullum initially selected Gill to win the prize and informed Michael Attarton about the decision, which was performing after the match.
Karthik said that the England head coach changed the decision at the last minute and wanted Mohammad Siraj to win the Player of the Series Award after watching his heroes on the last day at the Oval. But in the end, there was not enough time left to change questions and everything else; Therefore, he proceeded with Shubman Gill.
“If the match had exceeded yesterday (day 4), Shubman Gill was a man of the series. Brendon McCullum said Shubman Gill. And of course, Atitrat [Mike Atherton] What was presenting? Therefore, they had all the questions ready. Everything was for Shubman Gill, “he said on the cricbuzz.
“Baz McCullum replaced it with half an hour, 40 minutes-Mohammed Siraj. He also talked about him after the match with Sky Sports-how he enjoyed watching Siraj Bowl and all the eloquence and had to say about him.”
When Bumrah did not play, Sirj stepped – Dinesh Karthik
Dinesh Karthik praised Mohammad Siraj for taking additional responsibility and helping India win in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah. He said:
“This is a five-tested match series where the bat has dominated the ball. It is hard work. And this boy has come to run every day of the series, when the ball was given, with his heart … When Bumrah did not play, Siraj stepped and showed what happens to win.”
In particular, Shubman Gill and Mohammad Siraj ended as a leading run-goldter and wicket-taker in the five-match Test series between India and England. Gill scored 754 runs on an average of 75.40 and Siraj took 23 wickets at an average of 32.43.
But the fact is that when he was not around, Mohammad Sirj moved the step – Dinesh Karthik
Dinesh Karthik also said that in the absence of Mohammad Siraj Bumrah, he became the leader of the pack and showed everyone that he was ready to help his team win a big victory.
“At the beginning of the series, I really said, in Australia, he bowled better with the old ball than the new ball. But Mohammad Sirj left for England here. And when he has been the head of the pack, which means everyone was speaking about how Jasprit Bumrah is important.
“When Jasprit plays Bumrah, India should win. Otherwise, they are going to find it hard. And finally, they won 2 Test matches. Both of them didn’t play. You don’t know, you know, I think he can move forward now,” Karthik said.
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