IND vs AUS: Mohammad Siraj scored a century in the Melbourne Test, this shameful record was broken

Australia's batsmen scored a lot of runs in the Melbourne Test. Usman Khawaja, Sam Constas, and Marnus Labuschagne scored half-centuries. While Steve Smith scored a century. But once again Team India's fast bowler Mohammad Siraj was ineffective against Australia. Jasprit Bumrah took four wickets in the first innings of the Melbourne Test. Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets. Akash Deep also got two wickets.

Washington Sundar also took one wicket. But Siraj's column of wickets remained empty. He bowled 23 overs in the Melbourne Test. But could not take a single wicket. With this, Siraj scored a 'century' in bowling in Melbourne. Along with this, he also made a shameful record in his name.

broke 10-year-old record

During Australia's first innings, Mohammad Siraj tried his best to take wickets but he did not get any success. On the contrary, he conceded a lot of runs. Siraj conceded 122 runs at an economy of 5.30. With this, he became the Indian bowler to concede the most runs without taking any wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Before him, during the 2014 Test, Ishant Sharma had conceded 104 runs without taking any wickets.

If we look at the last 10 incidents of Indian bowlers conceding more than 100 runs without taking a wicket, then Siraj has also been included in it.

Umesh Yadav gave 105 runs without taking any wickets against Australia in the Ahmedabad Test in 2023 and Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave 122 runs against Australia in the Sydney Test in 2015. At the same time, the worst condition in this case was of Ishant Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin, who recently retired from international cricket. In the Wellington Test in 2014, Ishant conceded 164 runs without taking any wickets. In the year 2012, Ashwin conceded 157 runs without taking any wickets in the Sydney Test.

Siraj is unable to support Bumrah.

In this series, India's veteran and number 1 Test bowler Jasprit Bumrah has wreaked havoc against the Australian batsmen. So far, he has taken 25 wickets in 7 innings. Whenever the team needed wickets, Bumrah put wickets in India's bag. However, on the other hand, he did not get the support of his partner Mohammad Siraj. Siraj has taken 11 wickets in this series so far but he has not proved effective in getting wickets when needed. Siraj has not been able to support Bumrah in fast bowling.