Mohammed Siraj Reveals Heartwarming Advice From Ravindra Jadeja: 'Remember Your Father...'
Mohammed Siraj, inspired by Ravindra Jadeja's advice, delivered a match-winning performance at Oval, securing India's 2-2 series draw against England.
Star India pacer Mohammed Siraj has said that senior pro Ravindra Jadeja asked him to remember his father and pull off a match-winning performance for him at Lord's, and although it was a heartbreak for Siraj after he couldn't help India get over the line, he didn't leave anything to chance at Oval.
With four wickets in hand and 35 runs to get, England held the edge before start of play but the gladiator in Siraj made life hell for the opposition batters from ball one.
In the end, his effort, complemented quite well by Prasidh Krishna at the other end, left England short by the thinnest of margins and permitted India to sign off 2-2 in the high-pressure five-game rubber.
'I feel amazing because we fought hard from day one till now. My plan was to hit my areas consistently and build pressure. Everything from there was a bonus. When I woke up today, I thought I could do it," Siraj said while speaking at the post-match presentation ceremony, having picked up the Player of the Match award.
'I downloaded a picture from Google saying 'believe.' I thought the Brook drop was a game-changing moment. If it had been taken, we might not have come out today. But the way he attacked, hats off to him," Siraj added.
The star India pacer, India's stoic warrior in the series, made the old ball talk in his opening over from the pavilion end and got the ball to shape away.
Every ball of that Siraj over was an event. 'I always believe in myself, that I can pull off a win from any situation," the star pacer later said of his match-winning performance that fetched him nine wickets in the match, including a five-wicket haul in the all-important second innings.
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