Aakash Chopra feels Mohammed Siraj doesn’t let the team feel the absence of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami. The pacer took three wickets in the first three overs in New Zealand’s innings of the ongoing second Test.
The spinners then dismissed the remaining batters as the Kiwis scored just 62.
While lauding Siraj for his bowling, Aakash Chopra said that the pacer had made up for the absence of two senior pros.
“He did not allow us to miss anyone. We didn’t talk about Ishant being injured, we didn’t talk about Bumrah and Shami not playing, about whom we might have talked about in the last match. We feel the absence of Bumrah and Shami less when Mohammed Siraj is there.”
The cricketer-turned commentator further added that Siraj always gives his 100 percent.
“Effort is the highlight which you can see from far. Whenever he is on the ground, it seems that he will give everything that he has got – you tell to go through the wall, I will go through the wall for you. That’s the feeling you get.”
Bumrah and Shami have been rested for the ongoing series.