The entire 5 match series between India vs England is an absolute fairytale in itself and credit should be given to all the players who have been part of this remarkable series.
The five match Tendulkar- Anderson trophy have been concluded now with India and England levelling the series by 2-2 each with one match ending in a pulsating draw.
Several top class performers have come up the ranks and delivered big time for their respective teams and one such name which will be talked the most in cricketing ecosystem is none other than Mohammad Siraj.
The man who wears his heart on the sleeves and deliver big time when India needed the performance from him the most, he picked 5 wicket haul for India in 2nd innings including the last wicket of Guy Atkinson and seal the deal in India’s favor.
The match is certainly iconic considering England needed 34 runs to win and India needed 4 wickets, but the moment Siraj took Jamie Smith Wickets rest of the wickets felt like “Pack of Cards”.
He said while talking to media after India won last test match “I wrote screenshot on my phone’s wallpaper yesterday and said to myself I believed in that”
He did wonders in the test match against England, by clinching 3 wickets out of 4 remaining.
The credit should be given to entire Indian team for putting up valiant fight especially after the retirement of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli where many predicted that inexperience batting lineup for India would not be able to handle English bowlers in their own condition.
Naseer Husain Former England Cricketer and Expert rightly predicted that “The way both these teams played in the middle, they deserve to be celebrated and the series deserve fitting finale in favor of India especially based on the way how they have played cricket so far”.
The Tendulkar- Anderson Trophy also marks the start of next edition of World Test Championship finals and credit should be given to quality games exhibited by both side to entertain and engage audience to the best of their ability.
Let’s see what’s in Store for this brilliant cricket team but all we can guarantee that teams like Australia, India and England have kept Test matches alive and thriving.
The next assignment for India team would be series against West Indies followed by Asia Cup where most fans don’t want India to play against Pakistan considering diplomatic relation between both sides.
Let’s see whether Indian government boycott playing against Pakistan or boycott Asia Cup only time will tell that.
Considering watching this series from close quarters all we can say both teams played hard fought cricket gave their complete heart and soul on the field in the end it was Cricket who won this contest.
The series draw would give huge confidence to Indian team to go out their and express themselves to the best of their ability and series draw clearly indicate how much Indian Cricket has grown over the years.
All the stakeholders and policy makers deserve credit for the ramification of Indian Cricket to great extent.
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