India have been on fire in the ongoing three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe. They won the first ODI by 10 wickets, and the second tonight by five wickets to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series, with a match to go. The Men in Blue’s bowling attack has displayed dominant performances in both games restricting the hosts to under 200 runs in both games.
One of the bowlers who has impressed the most is Mohammad Siraj. In the first match he finished with figures of 1-36 in the first game, while finishing with an impressive 1-16 in 8 overs in the second ODI.
In an interaction with Sony Sports Network post the pacer talked about the positive dressing room atmosphere under skipper KL Rahul who gives a lot of freedom to the bowlers. “First of all, thank you so much, we have won the series. The atmosphere is extremely good. KL bhai (Rahul) gives a lot of freedom to the bowlers, so the atmosphere is very good,” he said.
He also revealed the fact that he is enjoying bowling a lot. “I am enjoying my bowling a lot, because I had the outswing from earlier but I was not too confident about it. Now I have worked more on the seam and I have got the confidence as well, and you must have been seeing that it is releasing nicely from my hand. I was bowling with that rhythm only,” he added
The pacer also said that he stuck to his plan and didn’t try to do anything outside the box. “The way the ball was moving from the pitch, I was thinking that I can try something else. But when I was at the top of my run-up, I was thinking that I need to keep a simple plan and not try anything else. I would have felt good even if I had not got a wicket because of the way I was bowling,” Siraj added.
