My method was to bowl constantly at one spot, says Mohammed Siraj

Right-arm quick bowler Mohammed Siraj on Thursday mentioned his method to bowl constantly at one spot yielded wealthy dividends for him within the opening Test towards Bangladesh.

The Indian bowling unit, led by left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav (4/33) and Siraj (3/14), decreased Bangladesh to 133 for 8 of their first innings at stumps on the second day on Thursday. India had posted 404 of their first innings.
Siraj attributed his success to bowling constant line and size. ed ball is my favourite.

I’m extra constant in purple ball as a result of it’s all about concentrating on line and size. The credit score goes to all of the bowlers,” he mentioned within the press convention after second day’s play.

“My approach was to bowl consistently at one place because it is such a wicket that if you try more there are chances to leak runs. My only plan was to hit one spot and got successful.” The 28-year-old mentioned a quick bowler must bowl stump-to-stump to get success in five-day cricket.

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“I think the more you bowl stump line it is better, because sometimes it is getting lower from there as well as turning. For a fast bowler, it is better to bowl stump line because then you can have LBW chances,” he mentioned.

Siraj is thought for bowling with a wobble seam usually and the speedster mentioned he went for the choice after discovering that his deliveries stopped coming in 4 years in the past.

“In 2018, my balls stopped coming inside, I began bowling outswingers extra. I received confused why balls should not coming in and that point I found wobble seam as a result of it’s tough for a batter to deal with an outswing that is available in.

“Wobble seam is a type of an off-cutter and I got success with that,” he mentioned.

The Indian lower-order wagged admirably with Ravichandran Ashwin (58), Kuldeep (40) and Umesh Yadav (15 not out) placing up spectacular shows to take India previous the 400-run mark within the first innings.

“Runs from the lower-order is always good for the team, so everyone is showing interest in practice sessions. They (lower-order batters) want to do well,” Siraj mentioned.