Legendary Indian cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar was seen analyzing the bowling of the Indian fast bowler, Mohammed Siraj and he asserted that it was the latter’s ability and not pitch that brought the ball in on Day 1 of the ongoing fourth Test against Australia at The Gabba. Siraj picked only a wicket but he was managed to bowling some penetrative spells with his swing bowling against Australia in the ongoing final Test.

Siraj had got the wicket of the veteran opener, David Warner, in the first over of the game, shiowing why he was trusted to lead the attack after Jasprit Bumrah, who wasn’t fit enough to play the final Test. However, Sachin prasiedSiraj and explained how the Indian speedster was able to bowl the inswing on day one of the fourth Test.

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In a video posted on the Youtube channel, Sachin Tendulkar was heard saying, “When Mohammed Siraj was bowling, I had a couple of guys say that the ball hit the crack and it nipped back something which I observed was completely different. Mohammed Siraj, when he was bowling outswingers, (reflecting on the shiny surface of the ball) this is the shiny side and what he would do is he would get his fingers behind the ball and release it.”

Sachin further added, “So the seam is pointing towards first slip, or sometimes second slip, and when he wanted to bowl in cutter which moves off the seam, instead of going behind the ball he went off the pitch. The former cricketer concluded by giving Siraj the full marks for his bowling. So I don’t think it happened off the crack. It was Siraj’s talent. His ability to bowl those in-cutters.”

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The last session on the second day of the Brisbane Test was washed out by rain between Australia and India at The Gabba on Saturday. India ended the day at 62/2 still trailing the hosts by 307 runs.