India’s experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik felt it was absolutely “unnecessary” on pacer Mohammed Siraj’s part to be shushing England batsman Jonny Bairstow as he got him out in the first Test of the ongoing series at Trent Bridge.
Siraj got Bairstow out caught off a pull shot straight to the square leg fieldsman in the second innings in Nottingham. Once Ravindra Jadeja grabbed hold of the ball, the young promising quick, who wasn’t having the best of days as a bowler, stared at the dismayed batsman with his finger on the mouth.
Karthik, commentating for Sky Sports this England summer, wrote in his column for The Telegraph that it was needless for the fast bowler to have a go at Bairstow and it was an incident he will learn from.
“I do feel it was unnecessary for Siraj to shush batsmen after dismissing them. You have already won the battle, why resort to this? That’s one learning for Siraj early in his international career,” .
Karthik wrote
Karthik found it amusing that India skipper Virat Kohli, a man known for his expressive nature of the field, was trying to calm things down after Siraj’s moment of anger.
“How many of us would have imagined Virat Kohli stepping in to calm an excitable team-mate down? Much to everyone’s amusement, the mercurial Indian captain was forced to act swiftly at Trent Bridge to ensure Mohammed Siraj didn’t cross the line,”
he added.
However, the cricketer-turned-commentator also said he loves the cricket brand that India plays under Kohli, where players aren’t unafraid to bring out their personalities. In addition to that, he made a very valid point, saying different players have different ways of showing their aggression.
Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane may not be as in-your-face to the opposition, but, Karthik stressed, that doesn’t mean they are not as aggressive as a Kohli or a Siraj.
