Mohammed Siraj played a pivotal role in India’s victory against England in the second Test at Lord’s. Siraj kept giving crucial breakthroughs to the team and ended with eight wickets in the match.
Former India batsman Ajay Jadeja has praised the pacer’s ability to extract pace from any kind of surface after his performance on a slow Lord’s track.
According to Jadeja, Siraj's skiddy nature of his bowling makes it hard for the batsmen to settle.
"I expect him to grow even further because he is still young. You need a different pace to get the tail out. There is a difference between the speed a speed gun shows and what the batsman plays I don't know about the speed gun, but the pace at which he has bowled in both innings, with the ball skidding onto the batsman,” Jadeja said in a discussion on Sony Sports Network.
The former Indian player said that the right-arm fast bowler could be an asset even on slow subcontinent pitches.
"He is beating the batsman just with pace, beating them in the air. You will surely get helpful conditions in England and New Zealand but in India, you won't get those types of conditions. So you need a different skill there, we can see a different spark in him," Jadeja added.
Ajay Jadeja also lauded Siraj for experimenting with his line and length.
"The job he has done is totally different. There are two types of bowlers - one who maintains his line and length and consistently bowls at one spot. He is among those who whatever be the conditions, he keeps trying something different," Jadeja said.
Mohammed Siraj has featured in seven Tests and has picked 27 wickets so far. Earlier this year, he played two home Tests against England, in which he didn't bowl much but still managed to pick three wickets.
