India pacer Mohammed Siraj copied the well-known celebration of Manchester United icon Cristiano Ronaldo, when he obtained the wicket of Rassie van der Dussen on Day 3 of the primary Test in opposition to South Africa at Centurion on Tuesday.
The celebration which is commonly copied by footballers all all over the world, discovered its approach, most likely for first time, in a global Test match.
In the match, van Der Dussen discovered Siraj’s tempo too scorching to deal with and the surface edge was comfortably snapped at gully by Ajinkya Rahane.
SIRAJ 🔥🔥 that celebration 💉🥵 pic.twitter.com/97fxWjhmn5
— FLICK. (@chirutha_18) December 28, 2021
Meanwhile, Siraj’s colleagues lived as much as their repute by working by the South African high half, lowering the hosts to 109 for five at tea after Lungi Ngidi’s six-wicket haul restricted the guests to 327 on day three of the primary Test.
After a superb batting day on the onset, the second day’s heavy showers spiced up the pitch to such an extent that as many as 12 wickets had been misplaced within the first two periods.
The 𝗦𝗜𝗜𝗜𝗨𝗨𝗨𝗨 celebration has reached the @BCCI camp in South Africa 😅 pic.twitter.com/VLELTNhPbM
— Premier League India (@PLforIndia) December 28, 2021
If India misplaced seven of them for an addition of solely 55 runs within the morning attributable to Ngidi’s 6 for 71 and Kagiso Rabada’s complementary 3 for 72, Mohammed Shami (2/16), Jasprit Bumrah (1/12), Mohammed Siraj (1/29) and Shardul Thakur (1/27) all obtained into the act on a spicy deck with plenty of underlying moisture.
Credit to India that regardless of shedding Bumrah for a greater a part of second session attributable to sprained ankle, they didn’t let the depth down even after Temba Bavuma (31 batting) and Quinton de Kock (34) had added 72 runs for the fifth wicket.
De Kock’s unfastened shot of a protracted hop from Thakur that noticed him drag one again onto his stumps actually put the Proteas within the dumps.
This was after Bumrah bowled a fantastic size with a tiniest motion that had Dean Elgar edging one to Rishabh Pant.
Coming in as one change, Shami bowled an in-cutter that breached Keegan Peterson’s defence after which bowled a late leg-cutter that beat Aiden Markram’s exterior edge.
