SIRAJ’S MAIDEN 5-WICKET HAUL IN TEST MATCHES SCORECARD

Mohammed Siraj recorded the best bowling in Tests by taking 5/73 against Australian in the fourth Test.

■ The right-arm medium pacer from Hyderabad also became the 18th Indian to take five wickets in an innings in Australia.

■ Kapil Dev holds the Indian record of taking the highest number of five-wicket hauls in Australia. He claimed five five-wicket hauls in 21 innings of 11 Test Down under.

■ Siraj’s previous best bowling was 3/37 on debut in the second Test of the series at Melbourne.

■ Shardul Thakur also recorded his best bowling after taking 4/61 on Monday. His previous best was 3/94 in the first innings of the fourth Test.—

Australia 1st innings: 369 India 1st Innings: 326 Australia 2nd Innings (overnight 21/0): Marcus Harris c Pant b Thakur 38, David Warner lbw Washington Sundar 48, Marnus Labuschagne c Rohit b Siraj 25, Steven Smith c Rahane b Siraj 55, Matthew Wade c Pant b Siraj 0, Cameron Green c Rohit b Thakur 37, Tim Paine c Pant b Thakur 27, Pat Cummins not out 28, Mitchell Starc c Navdeep Saini b Siraj 1, Nathan Lyon c Mayank Agarwal b Thakur 13, Josh Hazlewood c Thakur b Siraj

9. Extras (b-5, bl-2, w-2, nb4) 13. Total (all out in 75.5 overs) 294.

FoW: 1-89, 2-91,3-123, 4-123,

196-5, 227-6, 242-7, 247-8,

274-9, 294-10.

Bowling: Siraj 19.5-5-73-5, T Natarajan 14-4-41-0, Sundar

18-1-80-1, Shardul 19-2-61-4, Navdeep Saini 5-1-32-0.

India 2nd innings: Rohit batting 4, Shubman batting 0. Total (for no loss in 1.5 overs) 4.

Bowling: Starc 1-0-4-0, Hazlewood 0.5-0-0-0.