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The temperature in New Chandigarh is around 38 degrees Celsius, and things got hotter at the Maharaja Singh PCA Stadium as Mohammed Siraj exchanged a few words with Afghanistan batsman Rahmat Shah.
By then, Team India was already in a commanding position, and Rahmat Shah’s defensive mindset led to the frustration of Indian fast bowler Mohammed Siraj. Be it a franchise match or a match for the national team, Siraj never shies away from throwing himself into the fire.
There was a heated argument between Mohammad Siraj and Rahmat Shah of Afghanistan
Aggression is a part of fast bowling, and Siraj is one of those fast bowlers in modern cricket who knows when to put in a few words to play with the opposition batsmen’s mind. Shah was a well-set batsman on the track, and by displaying his defensive skills, was somehow trying to protect the tail to avoid the follow-on.
Rahmat counterattacked on the fourth ball of 53 runs.third There was solid backfoot defense in his first innings, which made Mohammed Siraj very angry. Continuing his follow-through, Siraj went straight to the batsman and hit him with a few words. The batsman at first welcomed the situation with a smile on his face, but this did not calm the bowler’s anger and the situation became more serious.
Since Rahmat was constantly defending, the commentators were also discussing what the batsman’s next move could be to score some runs, as the batsman at the other end was struggling against the spinners.
“The issue is how will Rahmat score runs? He has got the second man. At the other end, when he is playing against spin, he is flailing. The only thing he can do is play a big shot,” said one of the on air commentators.
“Siraj is asking him now I’m saying. Look, what are you doing? Dude, what’s going on in this game? You’re just stopping it. Now there are 200 and 50 left, so he’s getting very nervous. There’s a solid defence. I don’t think there’s any problem with the batsmen, just what’s going on, buddy, it’s ridiculous. Get him off the field. Get someone in here,” said another commentator. On the same note.
Heat on the field between Siraj and Rahmat pic.twitter.com/3MtEjwIRHc
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Manav Suthar became the main player in his first test itself
In fact, mere stopping did not work well in favor of Afghanistan cricket team, as they were bundled out for only 152 runs against India’s first innings total of 564 runs. Rahmat Shah was the only batsman from the visiting team to show some resistance against the Indian bowling attack and scored 60 runs in 135 balls before being dismissed by debutant spinner Manav Suthar. Shah’s innings of 60 runs was studded with nine fours, a six and a lot of saves.
Mohammad Siraj returned without taking any wicket after bowling 9 overs in the first innings. It was spinner Suthar, who completely destroyed Afghanistan’s batting order by taking 6 wickets in 22 overs.
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