Siraj tops 2025 Test bowling list after dismissing Hope for 103

Mohammed Siraj dismissed Shai Hope for 103 on Monday as India maintained the upper hand on Day 4 of the second Test against the West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, a wicket that also moved the Indian pacer to the top of the 2025 Test bowling charts. Hope chopped a back‑of‑a‑length delivery onto his stumps in the 84th over of the visitors second innings, departing for 103 off 214 balls after striking two sixes and 12 boundaries. Siraj celebrated after the dismissal, his second wicket of the innings.

Siraj’s scalp of Hope took him to 37 wickets in eight matches this year, surpassing Zimbabwe fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani’s 36 and making him the leading wicket‑taker in Test cricket in 2025. Across those eight matches he has bowled 1,575 balls, recorded 39 maidens, conceded 996 runs and taken two four‑wicket hauls and two five‑wicket hauls, with best figures of 6 for 70. His season figures include an average of 26.91, an economy rate of 3.79 and a strike rate of 42.56.

The dismissal came in the context of a match in which India piled up 518 for 5 declared in their first innings, powered by centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal (175) and Shubman Gill (129). The Windies...