One of the Indian fast bowlers who started playing for India recently, Mohammed Siraj has gained a lot of attention for his celebration after dismissing the batsman. Mohammed Siraj’s other special attributes were the lethal bowling style, his on-field antics, and most importantly the way he bats. Mohammed Siraj who is performing impressively well for India in Test since he made his debut. He is continuing his good performances in this India tour of England. He has picked up 7 wickets in three innings so far he played for India in England.
But there was one action of his that definitely needed an explanation: how he celebrates after each wicket. He has been raising his fingers to his mouth to celebrate wickets on multiple occasions. It was on Thursday, the Indian fast bowler was seen doing the same action after dismissing England batsman Jonny Bairstow.
It was after the end of the Day 3 play, Mohammed Siraj at his press conference explained that his celebration is a way for him to reply to his critics.
Mohammed Siraj started by saying that “The celebrations were about the haters who said a lot about me: that I can’t do this, I can’t do that. So I wanted to show only with the ball and that is the reason for his celebration”.
The Indian fast bowler also explained why Indian pacers used bouncers on difficult surfaces at Lord’s on Day 3.
Mohammed Siraj said that “There was not much help from the wicket, so we planned to use the bouncer strategy for the next 8 overs, as the new ball was available after that. The plan was to bowl short balls for that small period and maybe scalp a wicket or two before getting back to traditional lines with the new ball “.
When being asked about his plans the fast bowler said that he always tried to bowl a consistent length.
Mohammed Siraj further said that “Since my days of playing in the Ranji Trophy, I have always looked a ball consistent lengths. Even today I followed the same. My simple game plan was to keep hitting on the spot consistently without experimenting much”.
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Indian fast bowler Mohammed Siraj concluded by saying that “As we know fast bowlers play an important role in England. So as a whole unit we planned to bowl consistently at one length. The wicket has improved very much for batting. We will try to put as many runs on the board as possible and then see what happens from there”.
