Mohammed Siraj is unstoppable..! 4 wickets in an over..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
Mohammed Siraj is unstoppable..! 4 wickets in an over..!?

Indian fast bowler mohammed siraj has set a record by taking 4 wickets in one over in the Asia Cup final match against Sri Lanka. The Asia Cup 2023 final is currently underway. In this, the teams of india and sri lanka are playing. Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and elected to bat first. In the Sri Lankan team, Mahesh Deekshana is not included in this tournament due to injury, Dushan Hemanta has been included in the team in his place. Similarly, while Axar patel has not been included in the indian team due to injury, washington sundar has replaced him in the team. After that, both Padum Nisanga and Kusal Perera entered the field as openers. In this, in the 3rd ball of the first over, Perera got out without scoring any runs, giving a catch to the wicketkeeper KL Rahul.
He was followed by Kusal Mendis. sri lanka scored 7 runs for the loss of one wicket in the first over alone. mohammed siraj bowled the 2nd over as a maiden. bumrah gave only 1 run in the third over. Later, Siraj, who came to bowl the 4th over, took the wicket of Padum Nissanga in the very first ball. Nisanga took only 2 runs and got out after giving a catch to Jadeja. Satira Samarawickrama took the wicket in the 3rd ball after no run in the 2nd ball. Samarawickrama was dismissed as lbw for no runs. Sarit Asalanga, who followed him, was caught by ishan kishan in the very first ball without scoring any runs. Next Dhananjaya de Silva hit a boundary in the first ball and was dismissed by KL rahul in the very next ball. Through this, Mohammad Siraj took 4 wickets in one over. In addition to this, Siraj has also created the record of being the first indian player to take 4 wickets in a single over for the first time.

Through this, sri lanka scored only 12 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. bumrah then bowled the 5th over as a maiden. After that Siraj bowled the 6th over. In this over, the Sri Lankan captain took the wicket of Dasun Shanaka in the 4th ball. Through this, he has created the record of being the player who has taken 5 wickets in 15 balls (crickbus). But, it was reported in Hotstar that he took 5 wickets in 16 balls. Anyway, Siraj has made a record. At one stage, sri lanka scored only 16 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 6 overs.


 Teams with least runs by losing 6 wickets in ODIs:

2013- 10 for 6 – canada – Net king City

2003 - 12 for 6 – canada – Sri Lanka

2023 - 12 for 6 – india v Sri Lanka

2012 - 13 for 6 – sri lanka – South Africa

Most wickets taken by indian bowlers in first 10 overs (since 2002)

Mohammad Siraj – 5 wickets, v sri lanka, Colombo – 2023

Jawaharlal Srinath – 4 wickets v sri lanka, Johannesburg, 2003

Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 4 wickets v sri lanka, Port of Spain, 2013

Jasprit bumrah – 4 wickets, v England Oval, 2022

 


Most wicket-takers in Asia Cup ODI cricket:

6/13 Ajanta Mendis v sri lanka, Karachi 2008

6/13 mohammed siraj v sri lanka, Colombo, 2023
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