India pacer Mohammed Siraj hailed stand-in captain KL Rahul, saying that he has given the bowlers the utmost freedom to execute their plans on the ongoing Zimbabwe tour and the team atmosphere is fantastic. Siraj was rewarded for his consistency as opener Takudzwanashe Kaitano got an edge in the ninth over for Sanju Samson to pull off a one-handed stunner.
“In West Indies and England I bowled also well, my rhythm was good in the first match as well, so my plan was to hit an area consistently without worrying whether I. would get wickets or not,” Siraj, who took one wicket for 16 runs in eight overs, said in the post-match press conference.
“First of all, thank you so much, we have won the series. The atmosphere is extremely good. KL Bhai (Rahul) gives a lot of freedom to the bowlers, so the atmosphere is very good. I am enjoying my bowling a lot because I had the outswing from earlier but I was not too confident about it. Now I have worked more on the seam and I have got the confidence as well, and you must have been seeing that it is releasing nicely from my hand. I was bowling with that rhythm only,” Siraj added.
