Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj has been tremendous in the first Test vs Bangladesh as he picked three wickets to help India gain a strong hold in the game.
Siraj burst through the Bangladesh top-order to register figures of 3/14 in nine overs. He stated that bowling to a stump-to-stump line at one area consistently was his recipe for success at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.
“My approach was to deliver the ball consistently at one area because the pitch is such that if you try a lot, you stand to leak a lot of runs. My plan was to hit stump-to-stump line consistently at one area and that I would get success.”
“What I feel is if one bowls stump-to-stump line, it would be better as the ball is keeping low and some turn is happening too for a spinner. As a fast-bowler, stick to stump-to-stump line so that there are chances for lbw and bowled dismissals. If one gives width, then runs would be leaked,” he said in the post-match press conference.
Siraj’s first wicket turned momemtum
Siraj started things by dismissing Bangladesh opener Najmul Hossain Shanto on he first ball. Pacer then removed Litton Das, before claiming the scalp of debutant opener Zakir Hasan, who gave a simple catch behind to Pant.
“Red-ball has always been my favourite format. I bowl more consistently in red-ball as the urge to do a consistent line and length has been very helpful and it also helps in white-ball. I only played one county match in Warwickshire and it was a pretty good experience. Again here, all bowlers maintained the pressure and credit goes to all of them,” he added.
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