Mohammed Siraj made a significant impact in the first innings against England in the second Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on Friday, 4th July, taking 6 wickets for 70 runs.

After taking the wicket of Zak Crawley (19) late on Day 2, Siraj followed up with five additional scalps on Day 3, giving India a strong advantage.

England resumed their second innings at 77-3. Siraj dismissed Joe Root (22) and Ben Stokes (0) in back-to-back balls, reducing England to a vulnerable 84-5. After a resilient 303-run partnership between Harry Brook (158) and Jamie Smith (184*), Siraj returned to clean up the tail, claiming the last three wickets to bowl out England for 407.

By claiming his six-wicket haul, Siraj joined Jasprit Bumrah as the second Indian bowler to take five or more wickets in an innings in Test matches across England, Australia, South Africa, and the West Indies.

Before this performance, Siraj had also taken 6 wickets for 15 runs from nine overs against South Africa in Cape Town in January 2024, along with 6-60 against the the West Indies in Port of Spain in July 2023 and 5-73 against Australia in Brisbane in January 2021.

Bumrah, with his vast experience, has secured four five-wicket hauls in Australia, three in both England and South Africa, and two in the West Indies. Notably, only two of Bumrah’s 14 five-wicket hauls have been recorded in India.

In the series opener against England in Leeds, he took 5 wickets for 83 runs in the first innings, but failed to take a wicket in the second.