Mohammed Siraj, a star pacer for India, hailed Soham Desai, the team’s strength and conditioning coach, for helping him take five wickets on a level surface.
– Most wickets for India in ODI.
– Most wickets for India as a fast bowler in Tests.
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Mohammed Siraj, the top pacer for India, hailed Soham Desai, the team’s strength and conditioning coach, for helping him take five wickets on a level surface and said he was willing to take on any difficulties. It has been just over two years since Siraj first played in a Test match. In the new World Test Championship cycle, India’s team management chose him to captain a very inexperienced fast bowling group on their first overseas tour, all the while Shami and Jasprit Bumrah rested and recovered at home.
Mohammad Siraj – one of the most improved bowlers in recent times!
What a rise. pic.twitter.com/vphO3JNEGK
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On Sunday, Siraj proved to team management why they gave him the duty and why he embraces challenges. The 29-year-old batted beautifully and returned with his career-best figures of 5 for 60 on a quiet track that offered little for seamers.
“Taking five wickets on a flat track is not simple. Soham (Desai) bhai deserves praise for his tireless efforts in improving my fitness. He makes sure I stay in shape because I’ve been playing matches nonstop. Fast bowlers find it challenging to maintain control of their game since it was hot and humid, and because of the rain, we were moving on and off the field. Furthermore, it is difficult to bowl for long stretches in such circumstances, Mohammed Siraj observed following the conclusion of Day Four’s action.
Mohammed Siraj in Test cricket:
– 60 for 5 in WI.
– 73 for 5 in AUS.
– 32 for 4 in ENG
– 66 for 4 in ENG
– 94 for 4 in ENG
– 108 for 4 in ENGMost improved bowler in the last 2-3 years in all formats. pic.twitter.com/ebRsmxTvA1
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“I carried out my strategy well, particularly when it began to reverse. Since little was occuring, I decided to bowl stumps to stumps. The strategy was to keep things straightforward and avoid giving them easy runs. I enjoy having obligations. It motivates me more to enter the field with a load of responsibility on my shoulders, and I enjoy accepting challenges, he remarked.
West Indies needed to score 365 runs to win the current second Test, which India set, and the hosts in Port of Spain lost two wickets in the day’s last session. At the end of the day’s play, WI was leading with Tagenarine Chanderpaul (24*) and Jermaine Blackwood (20*). Mukesh Kumar, a rookie who claimed his first wicket, and Ishan Kishan, who scored his first Test fifty with a 34-ball 52, were two more Indian players Siraj commended.
Mukesh is an experienced player. On challenging wickets, he performed admirably in the Ranji Trophy. Because you play on flat wickets the majority of the time in the Ranji Trophy, taking wickets is difficult. He executed his ideas flawlessly and displayed great nerve control, according to Siraj.
Ishan plays baseball aggressively. Ishan is a player who can step in for Rishabh Pant if he isn’t on the team. He possesses the capacity to make impactful shots. He was granted wide reign to go after the bowlers. Ishan was our go-to man because we needed runs quickly, according to Siraj, who praised Ishan’s explosive performance.