IND vs ENG LIVE: Mohammed Siraj is one of the best red ball bowlers in India cricket. There has been instances when he goes with his instinct and has achieved success. Former India bowling coach Bharat Arun revealed one such occasion. In the India vs England Test match at Lord’s last year, Virat Kohli had asked him to bowl round the wicket to left-handers, but he ‘insisted’ on bowling over the wicket. At the end, it was Siraj’s victory as he scalped wickets via that route. Follow India tour of England Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
Generally, players always pay heed to the advice given by captains. However, it was a different case with Siraj. Later, Kohli did not mind Siraj being insistent with his plan as he dismissed two left-handers in the form of Moeen Ali and Sam Curran in the second innings of the India vs England second Test.
“Mohammed Siraj (at Lord’s last year) had tried round the wicket angle to left-handers but he felt more comfortable coming over the wicket. Virat told him to try and stick to bowling round but he insisted that he wanted to come over the wicket,” Arun said Cricbuzz in a interview.
IND vs ENG LIVE: Ex-bowling coach Bharat Arun makes BIG REVEAL, says Mohammed Siraj ignored Virat Kohli’s advice to be successful at Lords last year
“In the end, he came up with a plan, stuck to it and ended up picking the two left-handers (Moeen Ali and Sam Curran) with the balls leaving them.”
“As a coach, it feels great watching things work for a bowler, you know. And this is what you want. The coach’s role according to me should become redundant, that’s when I feel the coach is more successful, rather than the bowler depending on the coach for everything.”
Overall, Siraj took eight wickets in the Test match at Lord’s.
IND vs ENG LIVE: Ex-bowling coach Bharat Arun makes BIG REVEAL, says Mohammed Siraj ignored Virat Kohli’s advice to be successful at Lords last year
Siraj is one of the four pace bowlers in the ongoing India vs England Test match. He has grown in reputation as of India’s best bowler in the longer format across different conditions. He is also known taking big wickets as was witnessed at Edgbaston on Saturday, scalping the big fish in the England batting order, Joe Root.
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