Mohammed Siraj counts on learnings that he received on disappointing Australian outing

03/04/2019

Mohammed Siraj has stated that his disappointing outing in Adelaide didn’t restrict him from learning a lot of things in the dressing room. The Hyderabad pacer has also added that Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni spent a lot of time with all the bowlers individually to share their inputs.

After gaining a lot of success in the red-ball format of the game with the India A and Hyderabad team, Mohammed Siraj could feel hard done for being drafted into the ODI and T20I sides early instead of being given an opportunity in the longest format of the game. In 2017, his T20I debut was a forgettable memory and his ODI debut in Adelaide in January 2019 left a lot to be desired. That resulted in Khaleel Ahmed getting an extended run in the ODIs in the New Zealand tour, with Siraj returning to domestic cricket to finetune his skills. There were a lot of reasons to feel disappointed about it, but Siraj decided to focus on the positives from the series and what he could learn just by being in the Indian team dressing room.

“I had big shoes to fill of Bumrah. It’s was disappointing just to play in only one ODI, but I learned so much from taking part in the training sessions. I am feeling and bowling well and it is good to perform in the domestic circuit coming back from my stint with the Indian team,” Siraj told CricketNext.

Many players in the past have spoken about the changes that the senior players bring to the table which helped them become perceptive about certain things and situations about the game. Siraj gave insights to it and stated that senior players like Kohli and Dhoni spend time with all the bowlers individually to point out certain things to them.

“Kohli and (MS) Dhoni backed me throughout on these tours. They provided useful tips in the practice sessions there like how to bowl in different situations, which areas to bowl and what type of yorkers to bowl.

“They (Kohli and Dhoni) spent time with all bowlers individually. Coaches (Bharat) Arun and Ravi (Shastri) sir’s inputs were also very good. They told me to bowl in the nets like I would bowl in match conditions and that helped me get a lot of focus. They instructed me not to try experiment too much, just bowl back of a length as much as possible,” the pacer added.

Mohammed Siraj counts on learnings that he received on disappointing Australian outing

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