Former India player turned commentator RP Singh has applauded Mohammed Siraj for delivering a stunning spell in England’s first innings of the fifth Test as well. He added that the pace bowler didn’t try anything special and concentrated on bowling in the right areas while using the different seam position. However, Siraj registered figures of 4/86 in 16.2 overs to help India bowl England out for 247 on Day 2 as well.

During a discussion on Sony Sports, Singh said, “Siraj saw the areas in which England bowled in the first innings. He paid attention to only two things. One was the areas in which he had to bowl, and whenever he bowled with the seam, the swing was seen, and when he bowled with the scrambled seam, the ball pitched and came in for the right-handers.”

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“He didn’t do too much special. He picked his areas and worked with two variations. Fantastic bowling because the balls that came in after pitching were very difficult to play. With today’s performance, Mohammed Siraj has reached the top of the wicket-takers’ list in this series. He has crossed Ben Stokes. His impact has been seen in every match, with a good workload,” Singh again shared.

Meanwhile, former Indian batter Hemang Badani praised Mohammed Siraj for bouncing back after having an expensive first spell.

“31 runs went in his first four overs. Someone might have told him or he himself might have seen that his line and length were slightly wrong. He was bowling too wide before Lunch. His spell after Lunch was excellent. He was bowling at the stumps,” he said. “All four wickets were on the stump line – three lbws and a bowled. So he figured out that he wouldn’t be able to pick up wickets with the line he was bowling. He corrected that after Lunch, and you are seeing the result of that.”