Ashish Nehra said Mohammed Siraj can go a long way considering his potential as a fast bowler.
India's fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is rated among the best bowlers around the world. Former India pacer Ashish Nehra named Mohammed Siraj equally good as Bumrah when it comes to being an effective bowler.
Siraj has shown great improvement in the last few years in white-ball cricket. Nehra feels those who are fascinating with the red-ball have better chances of succeeding as a white-ball bowler as well.
"When you talk about skill, this has been my thinking in the last three-four years. When it comes to bowlers, everyone talks about Jasprit Bumrah being right up there. But skill-wise, I don't think Siraj is behind Bumrah, and in all formats," Nehra said in a video on Cricbuzz.
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"There was talk about a couple of years ago that he used to pick up 5-6 wickets in every match for India A with the red ball, and I've always believed that a good red-ball bowler, a Test match bowler has a greater chance of succeeding as a white-ball bowler."
Nehra rates Siraj better than Bumrah in terms of skills and variations. He said the 27-year-old needs to look after his fitness and be a smart bowler to succeed in the long run.
"There are some bowlers whom you include only for T20s, for white-ball matches. So In think Siraj is a very good all-format bowler. There is no shortage skill, he has all type of variations. I would in fact say that skill wise, he is even ahead of Bumrah, if you talk of variations," Nehra explained.
"He has a different slower one, there is no lack of speed, he can move the new ball. He needs to keep his fitness and sharpen his mind. If he can do these two things well, sky is the limit."
(With Cricbuzz Inputs)