Actually, two Tests came in this series in which Bumrah did not play. Earlier, Bumrah did not play in the second Test in Edgbaston. India won that match by 335 runs and created history. Siraj also led the bowling attack and bowled deadly in that match. In that Test, Siraj took six wickets in the first innings and one wicket in the second innings. Now he has done something similar in the last Test at the Oval. In the first innings of the Oval Test, Siraj took important wickets of captain Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook and Jacob Bethel. Apart from him, the famous Krishna also took four wickets, while Akash Deep got one wicket. Siraj leads the front and showed the main batsmen of England to the pavilion.
Siraj has so far taken 118 wickets in 75 innings of 41 Tests at an average of 31.49. During this, he took five wickets in the innings four times, while six wickets for 15 runs have been his best bowling performance. Out of these 75 innings, 28 innings were not Bumrah with Siraj. That is, Bumrah was not a fellow bowler of Siraj in those innings. In 28 innings, Siraj took 44 wickets at the best bowling average of 25.6. At the same time, he has bowled in 47 innings of Tests with Bumrah and took 74 wickets at a bowling average of 35. That is, in the absence of Bumrah, Siraj has proved to be extremely fatal.
Siraj’s 200 wickets in international cricket were also completed with four wickets. Apart from taking 118 wickets in Tests, he has taken 71 wickets in ODIs and 14 wickets in T20. He became the 15th fast bowler of India to touch this point. Not only this, Siraj has taken 18 wickets in the current Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy and became the highest wicket bowler in this series, leaving behind Ben Stokes. He has taken these wickets at an average of 35.7. His best performance in this series has been six wickets for 70 runs and he did so in Edgbaston Test. Stokes has 17 wickets, but he is not playing in this match. After these two come to Josh Tung’s number, who have taken 15 wickets.