Indian version of Stoinis-Zampa: Fans react as Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj get caught in unexpected pose
Published - 19 Sep 2024, 05:13 PM | Updated - 19 Sep 2024, 05:14 PM
Riding on brilliant knocks from Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, India, on Thursday (September 19), recovered after a disastrous start with the bat in the ongoing first Test against Bangladesh.
Asked to bat first, the hosts were off to a disastrous start. They lost as many as three wickets inside the first session with Hasan Mahmud claiming all the wickets. He dismissed Rohit Sharma (6), Shubman Gill (0) and Virat Kohli (6) to reduce India to 34 for 3.
It was followed by a 62-run stand between Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant. Mahmud broke the stand after the lunch break by dismissing Pant for 39. Jaiswal and KL Rahul then shared a 48-run stand before departing in successive overs to leave India six down for 144.
From thereon, it has been one-way traffic as Ashwin and Jadeja have put India back in a commanding position. At the time of writing this report, the hosts were on 327 for 6. Ashwin was batting on 97 while Jadeja was unbeaten on 79.
Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj leave fans surprised:
While India are yet to bowl in the first IND vs BAN Test, their fast bowlers Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj have become the talk of the town. Both Akash Deep and Siraj started trending on X (formerly Twitter) as Jadeja and Ashwin were busy batting in the middle.
Their names started trending after the cameras caught them in an unexpected pose while they were talking to each other in the dressing room. Akash Deep had his head resting on Siraj's shoulder as he was busy saying something in his teammate's ear.
At the same time, Akash Deep also had his hand on one side of Siraj's face as he pulled him towards himself to say something. As soon as the cameras showed the pacers on the screen, the fans were amused by the pose and came up with different kinds of reactions.
Akash Deep having a chat with Mohammad Siraj. pic.twitter.com/YjUxMfviAF
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 19, 2024
Here are some of those reactions:
When you are making out with your wife and suddenly mom enter in the room 😂 https://t.co/TgrBYBefND
— Siddhant Jain (@Siddhant_J5656) September 19, 2024
Indian version of Marcus Stoinis & Adam Zampa
— Jellyfish (@sea_jellyy) September 19, 2024
Virat kohli : pic.twitter.com/7QAAf66Qyb
— Gk (@Ggk_here) September 19, 2024
Akashdeep couldn't control himself after looking at sir Siraj Richards 🎀
— Rajasthani Tau Ji (@Rajasthanii_Tau) September 19, 2024
He didn't even care when kohli walked in to them 😳
He just leaned & took what he wanted
— Raja Babu (@GaurangBhardwa1) September 19, 2024
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