Siraj mentioned that he was confident enough to bowl in another Test had there been a sixth game in the series. With Jasprit Bumrah being rested regularly and included only in limited Tests, the 31-year-old led India\u2019s bowling attack and dominated with the ball.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cShubman Gill asked me, \u2018Kaisi hai teri body?\u2019 (How is your body?). I said, \u2018Ekdum first-class\u2019. He asked me if I would play. I said yes. He said, you are the main bowler for us, like Jasprit Bumrah, you decide. I said I\u2019m available and am 100 per cent fit. I will give it everything. As for my body being tired, to be honest, I would have played one more Test if it was there. I didn\u2019t feel tired. But I was in a zone. When you enter that zone, you don\u2019t know what you are doing, but just have that feeling that I have to do something here,\u201d Siraj told The Indian Express.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Siraj took 23 wickets in the series against England, the most by any bowler from either team, including nine in the final Test. With Bumrah, the team\u2019s pace spearhead, unavailable for the final Test, Siraj was also given an option to skip the Oval Test due to concerns over the physical strain from consistent bowling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He eventually dominated the proceedings on on the final day of the fifth Test and emerged as a hero. After being criticised for touching the ropes after taking Harry Brook\u2019s catch on Day 4 of the final Test, Siraj ahut all the critics with his bowling display on the final day as India clinched a magnificent win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Siraj took 23 wickets in the series against England, the most by any bowler from either team, including nine in the final Test. With Bumrah, the team\u2019s pace spearhead, unavailable for the final Test, Siraj was also given an option to skip the Oval Test due to concerns over the physical strain from consistent bowling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI told myself that this game wouldn\u2019t go beyond an hour and that I will win this match. The match was to start at 11 am and the team bus would leave by 9 am. I woke up at 6 am! I asked myself, \u2018Why did I wake up so early today?\u2019 I had woken up suddenly. After that, I wrote down, \u2018I can do this, win the game\u2019. When the ball came out of my hand, the execution was exactly how I was thinking; it\u2019s a good sign. God had written, \u2018Ja hero ban ja tu, become a hero\u2019.\u201d Siraj added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n