Asia Cup final: Mohammed Siraj reveals his favourite wicket from dream spell

Pace bowler Mohammed Siraj returned figures of 621 to lead Indias rout of Sri Lanka by ten wickets as they clinched their eighth Asia Cup title on Sunday The 29yearold scalped four wickets in one over to help skittle Sri Lanka out for 50 a total the Indian openers Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill surpassed in 61 overs for an impressive victory ahead of next months ODI World Cup at home Sri Lankas miserably low total in the 50over contest left a nearly packed house disappointed after they witnessed just 116 minutes of playHours after India lifted the trophy Siraj revealed allrounder Dasun Shanaka was his best wicket of all six during a chat with wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav in a video posted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCIThe spell I bowled today was magical I had never thought I would bowl a spell like this When we played SL in Trivandrum earlier this year I bowled four overs and took four wickets But I could not take the fifth one Over here there were a lot of matches I was bowling well Batters were getting beat but today they finally edged it said SirajOf Miyan Magic amp that Siuuuuu celebrations Outfoxing the batters the Kuldeep Yadav way Reliving TeamIndias AsiaCup2023 title win In conversation with bowling heroes Mohd Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav By RajalAroraFULL INTERVIEW INDvSLmdash BCCI BCCI September 18 2023Siraj revealed he got some swing on releasing the ball at nice lengths when he started bowling This is when I realised that I do not need to hit the wicket You could just take one place and keep releasing it there and get some swing he saidAlso ReadSirajrsquos reign of terrorHe continued In West Indies I had practised on wide off the crease outswing Because I have a very good outswing I pushed myself for a wide off the crease in swing and then outswing from there I executed the way I thought This is my best wicket till yet The pacer said that this spell will boost his confidence for the upcoming ODI World CupTalking about his bowling strategies Kuldeep said I do not think too much I read the wicket well I try to make sure my length is nice and bowl goodlength balls consistently I have been reading the batters that what shot they will play and when Accordingly I use my flippers and wronguns I have also been using crease well The bowling is nice and it is giving me confidenceKuldeep said that he has worked hard on his pace and its variation but it was not easy initially as it affected his rhythm But now I am going smooth and aggressive and enjoying my bowling he addedI felt good about the way you bowled and the fact I did not get to bowl today You deserve these six wickets When a team is all out for 50 you feel happy that match will end quickly It does not matter if I could not bowl in two matches I bowled well in two important games and did well I am happy Kuldeep told SirajWith agency inputs