India's experienced speedster Mohammed Siraj joined the 100 Test wicket club on Day 3 of the fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series
Siraj entered the exclusive club after forcing out an outside edge from set-batter Usman Khawaja to claim his 100th victim in Test format
He became the 23rd player for India to achieve the feat. In the World Test Championship, Siraj became the latest player for India to take 100 wickets after Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravindra Jadeja
In Bumrah's absence, Siraj spearheaded the attack and bowled in tandem with Prasidh Krishna. With a shining kookaburra in his hand, a dream start from the Indian team was expected but it never came
In the first innings, he returned with a three-wicket haul while conceding 51 runs in his 16-over spell. But in his second turn, the 30-year-old failed to replicate his heroics in the first innings and managed to pick up a sole scalp while conceding 69 runs in his 12-over spell
Siraj ended the five-Test affair with 20 wickets to his name with an average of 31.15 and an economy of 3.96. He was the fourth-highest wicket-taker across both teams
Overall, in 36 Tests and 67 innings, Siraj has managed to pick up 100 Test wickets at an average of 30.74 and an economy of 3.47
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