Mohammed Siraj registers his best match figures in home Tests
What's the story
India's star fast bowler Mohammed Siraj led his team to a dominant victory over the West Indies in the first Test match in Ahmedabad. He took seven wickets in the game as India won by an innings and 140 runs. This victory puts India ahead in the two-match series. Meanwhile, Siraj's heroics in Ahmedabad helped him register his best match figures in home Tests.
Bowling brilliance
Siraj was stellar across both innings
Siraj was on the money straightaway on Day 1 morning as he drew the first blood for India, dismissing opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul for a duck. As Alick Athanaze, Brandon King, and WI skipper Roston Chase also fell to him, WI were folded for just 162. On the same track, India posted 448/5d. Meanwhile, Siraj claimed three more wickets in his second outing as the visitors were all out for 146.
Stats
Best innings figures in home Tests
Siraj finished his first-innings spell with 4/40 from 14 overs - his best figures in home Tests. This was overall his eighth four-wicket haul in Tests as his tally also includes five fifers. The pacer claimed 3/31 from 11 overs in his second outing. Playing his 42nd Test as per ESPNcricinfo, the pacer has raced to 130 wickets at 29.93. He now owns 14 wickets against WI at 14. At home, he now owns 26 wickets at 29.76.
DYK
7 wickets in the game for Siraj
Siraj recorded match figures worth 7/71 from 25 overs. This was the first instance of the pacer taking more than four wickets in a Test at home. His previous best match returns at home were 4/100 against England in the 2024 Rajkot affair. Overall, Siraj has taken seven or more wickets in a Test five times in his career.
Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy
Most wickets in Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy
In his last Test assignment, Siraj finished as the highest wicket-taker of the 2025 Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy between England and India. The Indian pacer featured in all five Tests and bowled a staggering 185.3 overs. He took 23 wickets at an average of 32.43. His tally includes 2 fifers. Notably, Siraj led India's pace attack in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah at Edgbaston and The Oval. No other bowler took more than 20 wickets in the series.