England lost three wickets early on Day 2 at Lord's as Jasprit Bumrah ran rampant with the second new-ball but a clinical quick half-century from Jamie Smith pushed the score past 350. The wicket-keeper batter was destined to return to the dugout early when Mohammed Siraj had him nick one to second slip but KL Rahul let slip a sitter and Smith needed no second invitation to capitalize. However, things came a full-circle when the Indian right-arm quick produced a jaffa to get another tickle off the Surrey batter's willow that was swallowed up without ado for Dhruv Jurel, ending the nearly run-a-ball 51 run knock. Even though the mini-battle between two of their team's mainstays made for a fascinating narrative in itself, it was Siraj's celebration that followed that had the world talking.
Usually the exalting kind that likes to celebrate any success with fist pumps and screams of ecstacy, Siraj uncharacteristically presented a calm figure despite the significance of the scalp at such a crucial juncture of the encounter. The veteran pacer simply turned around in his follow through and quite deliberately raised two fingers on hand while shaping the other mitt into a zero, followed by a quiet look and prayer aimed at the heavens.
Twitterati was quick to indicate that the celebration was most likely a tribute to Diogo Jota, a former Portuguese footballer that recently lost his life in a car accident along with brother Andre Silva.
Finally
𝐍𝐨 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐒𝐏 😉 survived once, but no escape this time from ! 👀
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia)
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Tribute
A TRIBUTE TO DIOGO JOTA BY SIRAJ 🥺❤️
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Incredible
Siraj with a tribute to Diogo Jota 😭😭
— BeardedDragon (@yashasva)
You have my heart ❤️
Thank you sir
Moment
SIRAJ TRIBUTE TO DIAGO JOTA LOOK AT THE HEAVEN
— DIVYANSH CHAUHAN (@Imchauhan28)
MOMENT OF THE DAY❤️❤️
Too good
MOMENT OF THE DAY ❤️
— Praveen kumar (@Naninaidu98)
- A TRIBUTE TO DIOGO JOTA BY SIRAJ & LOOKING AT THE HEAVEN.
Homage
Mohammed Siraj pays homage to Diogo Jota after picking up a wicket
— Devnath NS (@Devnath_NS)
Heartfelt
MOMENT OF THE DAY ❤️
— Kavya Maran (@Kavya_Maran_SRH)
A heartfelt tribute to Diogo Jota by Mohammad Siraj, looking up to the heavens.⁰Pure emotion. A moment that transcends the game.⁰
Sweet
20 Diogo Jota
— Diogo Jota20 (@uka8)
Mohamed Siraj celebrated his wicket with a gesture of 20
Big ups
Big ups to Siraj for tributing Diogo Jota. Somethings are beyond sport ♥️
— Sarthak Johnson (@meme_cyborg)
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