Siraj Once Again Helped India With His Bails Swap Trick.

Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj, during the 4th test match, once again was seen doing what he did in the third test match at The Gabba, Brisbane. Same bowler, same batter and same trick, and the team did get the wicket in the next over. 

The incident happened when Marnus Labuschagne was batting, and Siraj was bowling. Siraj came, dislodged the Bails, and swapped them. But this time, Labuschagne knew Siraj was trying to divert his mind so that he could lose his focus, so Marnus just turned on his back when Siraj was doing this. When he was going back after swapping the bails, he said, "Marnus, Look at that."

And Labuschagne did see back.

This effect was seen in the next over, Jasprit Bumrah. This time, Usman Khwaja lost his concentration after the incident and got out at Point, where KL Rahul took his catch.

Mohammad Siraj changing bails and he said to Labuschagne "Marnus, Look at that". 😀

- And Jasprit Bumrah gets Khawaja in the Next over..!!!!
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— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh) December 26, 2024

A similar incident happened on the Brisbane test where Siraj also switched the bails, and later in the next over, Labuschagne got out on Nitish Reddy’s Ball.

Marnus Labuschagne was furious about the incident and didn't talk happily with Siraj after that. During the first test match, when Labuschagne retracted from his stance at the last minute as someone came on the side screen, Siraj threw the ball in his direction out of frustration. Since then, things have not been going well between the duo. 

This is not your Gully cricket Siraj ... Behave !

A wrong image of the Indian team will be created in the minds of the audience.#INDvsAUS
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— Harsh Tiwari (@harsht2024) December 6, 2024

Meanwhile, on Day 1 of this Test match, Australia scored 311 runs for seven wickets with half-centuries from all the top four batters, especially the young 19-year-old debutant Sam Konstas, who scored an explosive 60 off 65 balls; he hit two sixes against Bumrah, which created the excitement in the crowd.