One among the many great stories for Team India this Australian summer, Mohammed Siraj has thanked another Indian speedster Jasprit Bumrah for guiding him throughout his debut series. The Hyderabad born said that Bumrah was the senior-most bowler in the team after injuries to Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav, and he was always up with advice or two whenever the 26-year-old needed.
“Our main bowler was Bumrah Bhai and he sussed to support me from the other end in both the matches that we played together. Ball to Ball, he would tell me not to try too many things and try and hit the same spot,’ Siraj told the media in a press conference.
Recounting one incident from the fourth Test where Bumrah was not playing and still helped Siraj, he said, “One of my spell had gone bad in the fourth Test, Bumrah Bhai saw me tensed and said, “Jyada soch mat re, jo kharab ho gaya wo gaya, ab agle spell ke baare me dekh (Don’t repent much about the last spell, it’s over now, focus on the next one).”
Siraj, who had lost his father just at the start of the tour chose to stay in Australia and played the Test series, bagging 13 wickets in three matches. Today, he paid tributes to his late father and dedicated all his wickets to him.
Siraj also told the media that Marnus Labuschagne’s wicket in the third innings of the Gabba Test was his favourite wicket where he got both Labuschagne and Matthew Wade in the same over which changed the context of the game.
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