Mohammed Siraj’s Ronaldo celebration against Windies in Ahmedabad:Dhruv Jurel’s leg-side diving catch, Bumrah’s fiery yorkers; top moments, records

India finished Day 1 at 121/2 in their first innings despite a brief rain interruption in Ahmedabad. KL Rahul anchored the innings with a well-crafted half-century in 101 balls. However, India lost Yashasvi Jaiswal for 36 and Sai Sudharsan for just 7. Skipper Shubman Gill remained unbeaten on 18, steadying the innings as India trailed West Indies by 41 runs at stumps. Roston Chase and Jayden Seales claimed a wicket each for the visitors. Earlier in the day, the West Indies were bowled out for 162 runs by Tea. Mohammed Siraj led the Indian attack with 4 wickets, while Jasprit Bumrah bagged 3 and also completed his 50th Test wicket at home. Kuldeep Yadav chipped in with 2 wickets and Washington Sundar picked 1 to round off a dominant bowling effort. Pacer Mohammed Siraj bowled Brendon King and did the footballer Cristiano Ronaldo’s SIUU celebration. Meanwhile, Bumrah dismissed two West Indies batsmen with two yorkers. He also equalled a big record of Javagal Srinath. IND vs WI, 1st Test, Day-1, top moments 1. Jurel’s diving catch on the leg side India got its first wicket in the fourth over. Mohammed Siraj had Caribbean opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul caught by wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel on the 5th ball of the over.
Siraj’s back-of-a-length ball was going outside the leg stump. Chanderpaul tried to play it, and the ball took an edge and went into the hands of wicketkeeper Jurel. Jurel took a brilliant catch, diving to his right. Also read: Ahmedabad Test – India 121/2 at Stumps on Day 1: West Indies lead by 41 runs, KL Rahul scored fifty after Siraj and Bumrah’s heroics
2. Siraj’s Ronaldo-like Celebration The Indian team got its third wicket in the 10th over. On the last ball of this over, Mohammed Siraj bowled out Brandon King. King completely missed Siraj’s inswinging delivery, and the ball uprooted his middle stump. King was out after scoring just 13 runs. After dismissing King, Siraj performed footballer Cristiano Ronaldo’s famous ‘Siuu’ celebration. In the ‘Siuu’ celebration, the player jumps in the air, turns halfway, and spreads both arms while landing on the ground. Also read: India-A beats Australia-A with Shreyas Iyer’s 75-ball century: Hosts win by 171 runs in first ODI; Priyansh Arya’s hundred, Nishant Sindhu takes 4 wickets 3. Rahul dropped Greaves’ catch In the 36th over, West Indies batter Justin Greaves got a lifeline. On the second ball of Washington Sundar’s over, KL Rahul dropped a catch at slip. Greaves was playing at 24 runs here. He scored 32 runs. 4. Bumrah’s fiery yorkers Bumrah dismissed two batsmen with yorkers in two consecutive overs. Justin Greaves was bowled on the last ball of the 39th over. Bumrah bowled a fast yorker, which Greaves failed to understand. The ball went under his bat and uprooted the off-stump. Greaves was out after scoring 32 runs. After this, in the 41st over, Bumrah bowled Johan Lane. Bumrah bowled the first ball of the over at a full-yorker length. Debutant Johan Lane was out after scoring one run.
5. Play stopped due to rain Due to the rain, the third session’s play on the first day was stopped for a while. However, the rain stopped shortly and the game resumed. Due to the rain, the game, which was supposed to end at 5 PM, was extended till 5:22 PM. Also read: No handshake in IND vs PAK Women’s World Cup match: BCCI official confirms teams won’t shake hands, similar to men’s teams 6. Jaiswal hit 3 boundaries in Greaves’ over
In the 15th over, Yashasvi Jaiswal hit three fours in Justin Greaves’ over. He sent the first, second, and sixth balls past the boundary line. He was out after scoring 36 runs. IND vs WI, 1st Test, Day-1, Record Bumrah equals Javagal Srinath Jasprit Bumrah has equalled Javagal Srinath in the list of Indian fast bowlers to take the fastest 50 Test wickets at home. Both are jointly in first place with 24 innings each. After them comes Kapil Dev, who completed 50 wickets in 25 innings. In this list, Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami are jointly at fourth place with 27 innings each.