Updated On: 15 October, 2023 10:57 AM IST | Ahmedabad | mid-day online correspondent
On a flat track where there wasn`t any purchase, Siraj had to try variations and he did bowl cross-seam so that the ball wobbles and also gets scruffed up easily to aid in reverse swing

India`s Mohammed Siraj celebrates after taking the wicket of Pakistan`s captain Babar Azam during the 2023 ICC Men`s Cricket World Cup one-day international (ODI) match between India and Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Pic/AFP
ICC World Cup 2023, IND vs PAK: Mohammed Siraj had an indifferent day against Afghanistan but that doesn`t make him a "bad bowler", the Hyderabad man said after contributing significantly in India`s seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in a World Cup game on Saturday.
Siraj took 2/50, but more importantly, got the wicket of Babar Azam that became a turning point for his team. "When we go to office you also have a day off ¿ it cannot always be the same every time, the graph always comes down. So, I think to myself that I am not a bad bowler because of one match," Siraj said after the game.