India vs West Indies Mohammed Siraj Ravindra Jadeja: The first match of the Test series is being played between India and West Indies in Dominica. Mohammad Siraj took a brilliant catch on the first day of this match. He showed the way to the pavilion by taking a surprising catch of Blackwood. The Board of Control for Cricket in India tweeted and praised Siraj. Many videos of this catch of Siraj have been shared on social media. West Indies are completely on the backfoot on the first day.
Actually West Indies won the toss and decided to bat first. During this, Blackwood came to bat at number four. He scored 14 runs in 34 balls and got out. Blackwood played a shot off Ravindra Jadeja, the ball reached towards Siraj. He jumped in the air and took the catch. Jadeja, Ishaan and teammates patted his back after Siraj took the catch. BCCI also praised Siraj by tweeting his photo.
Significantly, the West Indies remained on the backfoot till the second session on the first day of the Dominica Test. Till the time of writing the news, the team scored 103 runs in 45 overs with the loss of 5 wickets. Captain Braithwaite was dismissed for 20 runs for the West Indies. Tejnarine Chanderpaul got out after scoring 12 runs. Ramon Reifer walked away after scoring just 2 runs. Blackbud was also dismissed after scoring 14 runs. Joshua got out after scoring 2 runs. Till writing the news, Jadeja and Ashwin took two wickets each for India. Shardul Thakur also got a wicket.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s Mohammad Siraj pic.twitter.com/YcAGD1WmxP
— sourav (@Purplepatch22) July 12, 2023
That moment when @mdsirajofficial took a blinder of a catch 🙌 🙌
Follow the match https://t.co/FWI05P4Bnd #TeamIndia , #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/reVWZJ4PHo
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 12, 2023
