Mohammed Siraj's peach too hot to handle for Alastair Cook

Alastair Cook has carved a reputation for possessing a sound batting technique and the same has helped him garner 12,145 runs in 156 Tests. He also has 32 centuries and 56 half-centuries, which is a testament to his attributes as a batsman. However, in the last one year, the bowlers have somehow managed to find a way of pinning Cook, Mohammed Siraj became the most recent one.

A couple of weeks ago, England A and India A locked horns in an unofficial Test in Taunton. The visitors didn’t have much to cheer as they flunked by 253 runs. Cook, who also played the match, looked in ominous touch. The same would definitely have been a positive sign for him and the England team, which is scheduled to play a five-match Test series against India from August 1.

Siraj runs through Cook’s defense

The left-hander churned out 180 runs in the first innings before being cleaned up by Ankit Rajpoot. In the second instance, he couldn’t replicate his form as Siraj accounted for his wicket. The tall fast-bowler ran in as Cook took guard and prepared himself to play the delivery. Siraj delivered from close to the stumps and dished out a back-of-a-length ball.

Cook trotted on to the front foot, but his movement wasn’t convincing. He tried to get in the line of the delivery and attempted to defend the leather. The ball pitched on and about middle-stump and jagged back a wee bit and that was enough to bamboozle Cook. The red-cherry snuck through his bat and pad and cannoned into the stumps. Following the dismissal jumped in the air and pumped his fists.

The English batsman was a tad surprised and while making his way from the middle, he tapped on the pitch to check what made the ball to move back. Recently, Siraj posted a video of the dismissal. He took to Instagram and wrote, “#bowled #cook #indiaA🇮🇳 #bleedblue @indiancricketteam”.

Here is the video

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