Birmingham: After playing a pivotal role in India winning a Test match at Edgbaston for the first time with a 336-run thrashing of England, fast bowler Akash Deep said making the team victorious gave him a proud feeling and it’s something he will never forget for the rest of his lifetime.
Akash took 6-99 as England, set a mammoth 608 runs to win, were dismissed for 271 on day five, giving India a famous series-levelling win. His match figures of 10-147 are now his best figures in a Test career worth eight matches.
“It’s a very proud moment. I can never forget this moment in my life. The biggest thing is that we won the match in which I took five wickets. So this is a very proud moment for me that I chipped in with my contribution to make my team win. I wouldn’t have been as happy with the first five wickets if this match had been a draw. So I’m very happy about that. I got everything I wanted,” said Akash in a video posted on bcci.tv. on Monday.
His fellow pacer and new ball partner Mohammed Siraj, who took 6-70 in the first innings, said the win at Edgbaston is now the third best cricket match he’s played for India. “This is the third best match of my life, because the first match was Gabba, the second was Lord’s, and this is the third. I can’t describe this feeling. It’s great that we made a comeback here.”
“To be honest, it was an important match in the series. As a player, it’s great to create history through the way we, Shubman and Akash performed. Whenever Akash was bowling, I used to stand at mid-off. I used to tell him not to think to take wickets all the time - just put it in one place and you’ll get the wickets. Like I said in the first innings, if he’s lucky, he’ll get five. But in second innings, next day, he got five wickets.” IANS
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