Ahmedabad: 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. “I always keep my confidence high that my bowling is good and I should be the number one bowler. This confidence helps me in bowling and I can’t be a bad bowler if I lose a match. I have backed myself to do that. I have got the result today.” He has heard stories about World Cup but his humble background (father was an auto-rickshaw driver and he couldn’t afford bowling spikes) did not allow him to dream big initially.