Australia vs India: Sachin Tendulkar praises Mohammed Siraj for his bowling tactics

Australia vs India: India had fairly inexperienced bowling attack, due to injuries to their key bowlers. R Ashwin, Jasprit Burmrah and Mohammed Shami to name a few. On Day 1 of the 4th Test match at Brisbane, Mohammed Siraj was the first to get a wicket, that too of a big fish David Warner. Though Siraj managed to get only one wicket, Siraj’s surely impressed many cricket pundits. The former Indian batsmen Sachin Tendulkar was one to praise Siraj for his talent and his ability to do tricks with the seam ball.
On day 2, Indian bowlers were impressive as they only conceded 95 runs and got the remaining five wickets. The Aussies finished on 369. with other Indian bowlers Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar and T Natarajan getting three wickets each. Siraj seemed not that effective, however, he continued to trouble the Australians with his off cutters and outswings.
Tendulkar on his Youtube channel said “When Mohammad Siraj was bowling, I heard a couple of guys say, ‘the ball hit the crack and nipped back,’ something which I observed was completely different. Siraj while bowling the out-swinger, would get his fingers behind the ball, and release the ball. The seam is pointing towards first slip or sometimes towards second slip,”

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