Indian fast bowler Mohammed Siraj is known to be an extraordinary character on the cricket field as during the tea break, he was seen giving a cheerful warning to West Indies batsman Justin Greaves who was scoring the required runs for the team with the Windies no. 11 Jayden Seals.
India has been playing a few matches of Test cricket continuously and Mohammed Siraj has been consistent in the longest format of the game. He played all the matches in the England tour and bowled the most overs, while also bowling on several occasions during the West Indies tour.
Shubman Gill’s decision to push his bowlers to follow on resulted in the bowlers having to work hard. He bowled two sessions on the second day, the entire third day and then almost the entire day on the fourth, before West Indies were bowled out midway through the final session of the day.
Mohammed Siraj made fun of Justin Greaves during the tea break
After a tough session on the field since yesterday, the Indian fast bowler looked tired on the fourth day and after completion of a spell he was also seen getting some head and foot massage in the Indian dugout, where he dismissed West Indies batsman Shai Hope.
However, the bowler soon got to his feet and started charging down the field. By the tea break, West Indies had lost 9 wickets, with Justin Greaves making an important partnership with number one for the final wicket. 11 Jayden Seals.
Tired, yet in good spirits, Siraj asked Greaves not to score runs towards the back end when he returned to the field for the third session after the tea break. West Indies could score 390 runs in the second innings, in which Justin Greaves scored an unbeaten 50*.
Mohammed Siraj warned Justin Greaves to stop scoring runs.
– Siraj, what a character! pic.twitter.com/ghrB9fzKf1
– Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) 13 October 2025
Siraj became the second highest wicket taker in the home series.
It seemed that Mohammad Siraj had brought his great form from England to India. He was the leading wicket-taker on the England tour and single-handedly led India to victory in the final Test at the Oval on the last day of play.
In the first Test in Ahmedabad, Mohammed Siraj took 7 wickets in the match, 4 in the first innings, followed by 3 in the second innings. He then took 3 more wickets in the second Test, including the crucial wicket of Shai Hope.
With 10 wickets, he was the second-highest wicket-taker behind Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who took five wickets in the first innings of the ongoing second Test to take his tally to 12 in the series.
West Indies has given India a target of 121 runs to win the Delhi Test.
After opener John Campbell scored a maiden century and Shai Hope supported him with another century, a brief 32-run stand from captain Roston Chase (40), Justin Greaves (50*) and Jayden Seales helped the Windies get a chase-worthy score from the Indians.
The Windies could, at least, have set a target of three figures for the Indian batsmen. He also managed to dismiss previous innings centurion Yashasvi Jaiswal in the second innings and ensured that the game lasted till the last day.
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