Mohammed Siraj: Indian bowler Mohammad Siraj has been in the news in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Now his video of Totka to get Marnus Labuschagne out is going viral.
Mohammed Siraj's Totka
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Mohammed Siraj Marnus Labuschagne: Mohammad Siraj is a thorn in the eyes of Australian fans these days. Whenever he comes to bowl or the ball comes in his hands while fielding, Australian fans are seen making 'boo' sounds for him. Now Siraj is once again in the news because he has been seen doing Totka in the middle of the field. Actually, this Totka came in handy for Team India after some time because Marnus Labuschagne got out on a score of 12 runs while trying to play a ball that was too far outside.
This incident is of the 33rd over of the innings when Mohammad Siraj was bowling. Marnus Labuschagne had let the second ball of the over go empty, then Siraj came forward staring at the Australian batsman. In response, Labuschagne also tried to stare at him, but Siraj ignored him and went to the stumps. He did a trick by placing the left bail on the stumps on the right and the right bail on the left. However, Labuschagne later placed the bails back in their correct place.
Mohammed Siraj and Marnus Labuschagne had a lively exchange.
- Mohd Siraj replaced the bails.
- Marnus switched them back.
- Nitish Kumar Reddy dismissed Marnus soon after.
The Siraj vs Marnus heats up!
pic.twitter.com/nP4vNQWCzB— Vipin Tiwari (@Vipintiwari952) December 15, 2024
Let us remind you that in the Adelaide Test too, Mohammad Siraj and Marnus Labuschagne had heated up the atmosphere. In that clash, Labuschagne had moved away from the stumps even before the ball was bowled due to the 'beer snake' in front. This made Siraj angry and despite Labuschagne's moving away, he threw the ball towards the stumps.
As far as the Brisbane Test is concerned, Siraj performed the trick of changing the stumps in the 33rd over. In the very next over, Nitish Reddy came to bowl. Nitish was bowling in the line of the stumps for a long time, but then he bowled the second ball of the 34th over quite outside, and in the greed of playing it, Labuschagne got caught by Virat Kohli standing in the slip.