India pacer Mohammed Siraj believed that India have dominated all three days of the fifth Test match between India and England, currently being played at Edgbaston. At the end of the third day, India have put on 125/3, leading the hosts by 257 runs. Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant are on the crease, and have partnered for 50 runs for 91 balls already, making sure that India did not collapse once again, against the James Anderson-led attack.
“We dominated for the first three days. The partnership of Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja was brilliant and placed us in a strong position in this test match.”
Earlier in the day, the hosts were rescued by a brilliant knock from Jonny Bairstow, who looked like a man on a mission after getting into an altercation with Virat Kohli. Siraj said that India needed to keep patience with Bairstow given he has been running at such a stunning speck of form.
“We need to keep patience against Bairstow. He was attacking so we stuck to our basic planning. We had the belief in our ability.”
Speaking about himself, Siraj mentioned that he has not been able to find the outswinger in his arsenal, something that was a real weapon in the earlier red ball series.
While, not a prolific swinger of the ball, Siraj had the ability to straighten it up after pitching, which put the batsmen in trouble.
“After the IPL I lost the outswing so I worked hard on the swing. It might look great to bowl outswing but it might not fetch you too many wickets. So I had to work on bowling inswing as well.”
Siraj also hailed makeshift opener Cheteshwar Pujara, who has the habit of weathering storms for India. The veteran Indian stuck by his guns and scored a patient half-century off 139 balls at the end of play.
“Pujara is a warrior, especially the roles he played in India’s greatest test victories overseas.”
India will begin the fourth day with a lead of 257 runs, hoping to put on a good score ahead of the fourth innings.
ENG vs IND | I lost my outswing after IPL: Mohammed Siraj on having to work hard to develop inswinger
The visitors are slightly ahead after Day 3 in the fifth Test match between India and England. Hosts were saved by a Jonny Bairstow century, before coming into bowl for the second time in the day.
Mohammed Siraj celebrates a wicket in first innings vs England in fifth Test match. (Courtesy: AP)
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India pacer Mohammed Siraj believed that India have dominated all three days of the fifth Test match between India and England, currently being played at Edgbaston. At the end of the third day, India have put on 125/3, leading the hosts by 257 runs. Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant are on the crease, and have partnered for 50 runs for 91 balls already, making sure that India did not collapse once again, against the James Anderson-led attack.
“We dominated for the first three days. The partnership of Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja was brilliant and placed us in a strong position in this test match.”
Earlier in the day, the hosts were rescued by a brilliant knock from Jonny Bairstow, who looked like a man on a mission after getting into an altercation with Virat Kohli. Siraj said that India needed to keep patience with Bairstow given he has been running at such a stunning speck of form.
“We need to keep patience against Bairstow. He was attacking so we stuck to our basic planning. We had the belief in our ability.”
Speaking about himself, Siraj mentioned that he has not been able to find the outswinger in his arsenal, something that was a real weapon in the earlier red ball series.
While, not a prolific swinger of the ball, Siraj had the ability to straighten it up after pitching, which put the batsmen in trouble.
“After the IPL I lost the outswing so I worked hard on the swing. It might look great to bowl outswing but it might not fetch you too many wickets. So I had to work on bowling inswing as well.”
Siraj also hailed makeshift opener Cheteshwar Pujara, who has the habit of weathering storms for India. The veteran Indian stuck by his guns and scored a patient half-century off 139 balls at the end of play.
“Pujara is a warrior, especially the roles he played in India’s greatest test victories overseas.”
India will begin the fourth day with a lead of 257 runs, hoping to put on a good score ahead of the fourth innings.