The last Test Siraj played was against England at The Oval, just under two months ago. He was a bit off form at the start of the day, but quickly found his mojo back after taking his first scalp.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The wicket came in the 10th over, when he dismissed Brandon King with his signature wobble seam delivery. Siraj explained that he chose this delivery when his away swingers didn\u2019t yield results.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWhen my in-swing stopped. I automatically started getting an out-swing. Then, I realised that this is what is called \u2018wobble seam\u2019. I kept putting it into practice. I have just heard of the term wobble seam. So, I will tilt the seam a little and bowl,\u201d Siraj told reporters at the post-match conference.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWhen the out-swing is not working, then my wobble seam will work more. And to this day, it has given me the same success. So, I am enjoying that thing. And as it was today\u2019s wicket, the swing was not happening that much. So, I thought that the seam was happening here. So, the wobble seam will be more effective. So, I stuck more on it, the wobble seam,\u201d he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Hyderabad pacer further mentioned that getting those four wickets wasn\u2019t a cake walk, and that he had to work hard to add those scalps under his belt. He also stated that the same was the case when he took on England\u2019s batters during the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI get wickets by working hard. I got wickets by working hard in England as well. Here also, I worked hard. It is not like someone gave me wickets for free. I had to work hard to get those four wickets,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Hyderabad pacer further mentioned that getting those four wickets wasn\u2019t a cake walk, and that he had to work hard to add those scalps under his belt. He also stated that the same was the case when he took on England\u2019s batters during the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI was very excited to bowl on this green-top wicket, something we don\u2019t get very often in India. The last time we had such a wicket was against New Zealand in Bengaluru. I was able to execute it as planned. Two balls before, he was hit on the pads, and I thought about bowling in the line of the stumps. It worked exactly as I wanted.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n