Former Pakistan cricketer Shabbir Ahmed has made controversial allegations towards the Indian crew following their dramatic win over England within the fifth Take a look at at The Oval. Chasing 374, England appeared heading in the right direction for victory at 301/3, with Harry Brook and Joe Root in full movement. Nevertheless, India staged a shocking comeback, with Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna triggering a collapse to bowl England out for 367 and seal an exciting six-run win.
The Oval pitch supplied help to each batters and bowlers all through the match. On Day 5, the older ball started to reverse swing noticeably, making scoring tough for the English batters.Though India had the choice to take the brand new ball after the eightieth over, they strategically caught with the previous one, which continued to generate motion—a choice that in the end proved decisive, as India drew the five-match Take a look at sequence 2-2.Go Past The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!“I feel India used Vaseline. After 80+ overs, the ball nonetheless shone like new. Umpires ought to ship this ball to a lab for examination,” Shabbir wrote on X.

Shabbir has performed 10 Checks and 32 ODIs for Pakistan.Whereas Participant of the Match within the fifth Take a look at, Siraj climbed 12 locations to seize fifteenth spot within the newest ICC Males’s Take a look at Bowler Rankings. Fellow pacer Prasidh Krishna moved up 25 locations to rank 59th after choosing up eight wickets within the deciding Take a look at, which India received by six runs.
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Throughout the sequence, Siraj took 23 wickets at a mean of 32.43, together with one six-wicket haul, one five-wicket haul, and one four-wicket haul. Siraj’s spell of 6/70 throughout the win at Birmingham was his finest statistically. Along with his inspirational comeback spell at The Oval—which lowered England from 301/4 to 367 all out whereas chasing 374—Siraj ended the sequence with a five-wicket haul, changing naysayers into believers in ‘Miyan Magic’.