A left-arm spinner, he played 12 Test matches between 1972 and 1979. He took 29 wickets with best figures of 4-72 against Australia at Sabina Park, Jamaica in 1978. He was one of the leading bowlers for Trinidad and Tobago and played 99 first-class matches where he took 347 wickets at an ave
Siraj complained of a sore ankle ahead of the three-match ODI series against West Indies which is set to be played from Thursday at the Kensington Oval Barbados. As a precautionary measure, the BCCI medical team advised the pacer to take rest.
Mukesh Kumar took the first wicket of the day wicket, dismissing Alick Athanaze at 37. Siraj picked the next wicket of Jason Holder at 15. He bowled an outswinger which got an edge of Holder carrying it to the wicketkeeper.
The West Indies fought their way back into the contest in the 2nd Test at Port of Spain on Friday by first restricting India to 438 runs in the 1st innings, and then closing the day at 86/1. Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite (37 batting) and Kirk McKenzie (14 batting) will be resuming proceedings on
The Caribbean side fell to a disappointing innings and 141-run loss to the Asian nation in their first appearance of the new ICC World Test Championship cycle and will be keen to return to winning ways and tie the series when the second Test commences at Queen’s Park Oval on Thursday.
A total of eight matches will be played in the series over a month. India will kick off the series with a two-match Test series, the first of which will be played from July 12 to 16 at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium, Dominica.
Bridgetown [Barbados], March 21 (ANI): Joe Root admitted that he could have made a bolder declaration after his side faced a draw in the second Test match against West Indies here at the Kensington Oval.
Bridgetown [Barbados], March 21 (ANI): Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite's unbeaten knock of 56 helped the hosts pull off a draw on Day-5 of the second Test played here at the Kensington Oval.