Former India player turned commentator Sanjay Manjrekar has said that the Indian bowling attack was exposed in their 10-wicket defeat to Australia in the second Test in Adelaide. Manjrekar also stated that the tourists’ bowling is entirely dependent on Jasprit Bumrah. The veteran also added that Mohammed Siraj was unable to support Jasprit Bumrah alongside others like Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy as well.

“The Indian bowling attack suddenly looked average. There was Bumrah, a bit of Siraj and Harshit Rana realised that every day is not going to be like the Perth Test match.””Credit to young Nathan McSweeney and Marnus Labuschagne who grafted the innings. But there was not relentless quality bowling at those guys and that’s why maybe India wasn’t able to cash in,” Sanjay Manjrekar said to ESPNCricinfo.

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Sanjay Manjrekar further added that Mohammed Siraj is nowhere close to veteran pacer Mohammed Shami, who can generate a lot of swing.

“In Adelaide, in both innings, there was more of a reality check for the No.3 and No.4 of what they have to face in foreign conditions when the bowlers are holding their swing. There is of course a lack of experience with the kind of bowling attack that India have. There is Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj has been there before but he is not quite Mohammed Shami. Just put Shami in that equation in that evening session (Day 1 Adelaide) and the story would have been different,” Sanjay Manjrekar concluded.