On Day 2 of the World Test Championship (WTC) Final against Australia at The Oval, Mohammed Siraj caused a stir when he threw the ball in Steve Smith’s direction in an odd incident.
Smith reached his century with two boundaries off the pacer’s bowling after starting the day with a score of 95. Due to a problem with the spider cam.
Smith moved away from the stumps just before the fourth ball of the over was bowled, but Siraj went ahead and threw the ball straight.
Sunil Gavaskar, the former captain of India, voiced his displeasure with the incident during commentary.
Ravi Shastri, the former head coach of India, also supported Smith’s position, stating that Smith had “every right” to leave the field before the delivery was bowled.
“Steve Smith is simply stepping back. Smith had every right to move out of the way, but it did not please Siraj.
It’s more about being angry that Siraj was pushed two boundaries. While discussing the incident, Shastri stated, “He got sounded off by Rohit Sharma the previous ball.”
India wound up in a tough spot with the early loss of their openers after Australia posted an estimable 469 in their most memorable innings of the World Test Title last.
After losing seven wickets and adding 142 runs to their overnight total, Australia was bowled out one hour into the afternoon session.
Mohammed Siraj was India’s best bowler, taking four wickets and cleaning up the tail.
Before the tea break, India batted for ten overs and suffered two losses. When skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill were bowled by Pat Cummins and Scott Boland, respectively.
At tea, with Virat Kohli (4 batting) and Cheteshwar Pujara (3 batting) in the middle. They were 37 for two and 432 runs behind Australia.
Both Rohit (15 off 26) and Gill (13 off 15) thoroughly searched in great touch prior to complimenting to trick.
Before Gill inexplicably made the decision to leave a delivery from Boland on length.
Rohit missed an angled in ball from Cummins, only to have his stumps uprooted in the subsequent over.
