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Mohammed Siraj Hits Massive Six in First Test vs Sri Lanka
Mohammed Siraj is a fast bowler for the Indian cricket team.
He is not known for his batting skills.
But in a Test match against Sri Lanka, he hit a huge six.
A six is when a batter hits the ball all the way over the edge of the field.
He swung hard at a ball from a spinner and sent it far beyond the boundary.
It was only the fourth six of his nearly 50-Test career.
He scored 11 runs from 15 balls in his quick innings.
His team sent him in late to take big risks and score fast.
He was eventually out when a fast bowler from Sri Lanka got him to mistime his shot.
Even though he is mainly a bowler, his big hit gave fans something exciting to cheer about.
Mohammed Siraj smashed a towering slog-sweep six off spinner Keshara Nuwantha in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.
It was only his fourth maximum in a nearly 50-Test career, coming during a first-innings cameo of 11 off 15 balls.
With India at 432/6 and the tail exposed, Siraj was sent in ahead of Kuldeep Yadav to attempt audacious shots.
The six came on his fourth ball of the innings and cleared the ropes by several metres.
He was dismissed at India's 446/8 after Asitha Fernando's short balls forced a miscue to mid-off.
Prior to the Test, Siraj had hit four sixes, three back-to-back, in a warm-up match to seal a last-over win.
- Who
- Mohammed Siraj, India's fast-bowler
- What
- Hit a towering six off spinner Keshara Nuwantha during a first-innings cameo of 11 off 15 balls in the first Test against Sri Lanka
- Where
- Galle, Sri Lanka
- When
- Sunday, August 16, 2026
- Why
- India, at 432/6 with the tail exposed, sent him in ahead of Kuldeep Yadav to attempt audacious shots and accelerate scoring
Key facts
- Player
- Mohammed Siraj
- Match
- First Test, India vs Sri Lanka
- Venue
- Galle, Sri Lanka
- Date
- August 16, 2026
- Innings score
- 11 runs off 15 balls
- Career sixes
- Fourth maximum in nearly 50 Tests
- Six hit off
- Spinner Keshara Nuwantha
- Dismissal
- India 446/8, miscued to mid-off off Asitha Fernando











