With Jasprit Bumrah out injured and spin-friendly conditions in play in Sri Lanka, India’s pace attack is set for a big challenge in the upcoming two-match Test series, starting August 15. In Bumrah’s absence, Mohammed Siraj will have to take the responsibility of spearheading India’s fast-bowling unit. However, Siraj is not in the best of form, having picked up just two wickets in his last two red-ball outings. Former India cricketer and reputed commentator Murali Kartik provided a reality-check on Siraj ahead of the Sri Lanka series.
Because we saw what he did in England, “Once again, it has to be Siraj (leading the pace attack).
I’m pretty sure he was easing his way back in,” Kartik said, in an interview with Times Now . So it does take a lot out of a bowler, and he might have been easing himself in,” Kartik further said. He didn’t look at his best; I watched a bit of the footage of the warm-up game that they had. “And you know, I was talking to a few of my friends in Sri Lanka; it is pretty warm and muggy, as it is in the rest of India as well with all the monsoons and the sun out.
Siraj’s Performance in Warm-Up Match Against Sri Lanka
In India’s three-day warm-up match against Sri Lanka Cricket XI, bowler Mohammed Siraj recorded figures of 0/44 in the first innings and 1/25 in the second. This match served as a preparatory outing ahead of the upcoming series between the two teams.
