Virat Kohli was over the moon. And Sunil Gavaskar couldn’t keep calm when Mohammed Siraj gave India the kind of start they needed against Australia in the first ODI against Australia.
Gavaskar said –
“If you have a look at what happened, the ball in which he was hit for a boundary, it was bowled at a 130 kph. So instead of getting discouraged by that, the next two deliveries have been around the 140 kph mark. He just ups his speed and that’s what’s happened again. That speed, the little late inward movement and Siraj gets his man.”
Siraj had a bit of a stare down with Head after the Australia opener cracked the fourth ball of the over through the covers for a boundary but the India pacer ended up having the last laugh as Head walked down the wicket but played on for 5 off 10 balls.
Siraj brought out the ‘SIUUU’, Kohli from slips was absolutely pumped. And Gavaskar was thrilled with the way Siraj trapped Head by increasing the speed on that final delivery of the over.
Gavaskar added as the replay showed the first four balls being bowled at –
“Have a look at the speeds: 120, 137, 134 and 130 kph. The other one was slow, under 130; the next one was a little bit quick, almost charged up by that boundary and then when Head moves down, Siraj doesn’t lose his direction. It was short of length just a little bit and Siraj does the rest. The fastest ball of the over.”
