Sunil Gavaskar opened such a big secret. (Photo- PTI)
The end of the third Test match between India and England played at Lord’s was quite exciting. In this match, Team India lost by 22 runs. The England team had targeted 193 runs to win the match in front of India. But the Indian team could only score 170 runs and was all out. There was a combative innings from Ravindra Jadeja and at one time it seemed that he would conquer Team India. But this hope also broke with Mohammad Siraj’s wicket.
Siraj lost luckless
Ravindra Jadeja scored an unbeaten 61 runs in this innings, due to which Team India managed to reach 170 runs. The team had lost 8 wickets for 112 runs at one time and the match seemed unilateral. But Jadeja, along with Jaspreet Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj, kept the team in the match. When Siraj came to bat, the score was 147 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. After this, Siraj showed a very good defense and continued to work to pursue Jadeja score. Then in the 75th over, Siraj was dismissed while defense on a ball of Shoaib Bashir.
Mohammad Siraj had defined this ball quite well, but after the ball hit the bat, the backspin collided with the stump and the bails fell down. Due to which Siraj lost his wicket and Team India was all out. Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has given a big statement on this incident. According to Sunil Gavaskar, the reason for Team India’s defeat was Bells used in England. If the match were in India, the result could have been something else.
Sunil Gavaskar’s big statement
Talking to Sports, Sunil Gavaskar said on Siraj’s wicket, “Sometimes there is a need for luck and if Naseeb was with India, the result we saw of the match could have been different. Look at the last wicket only. Siraj had defended very well, but still the ball turned around and went to the leg stump. England’s Bells are very light. Had India been in Bells, she would have been on the stump and would continue to bat and may have won the Indian team with Jadeja.
