Siraj used the bouncer beautifully: Shane Bond

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Bangalore. Mumbai Indians bowling coach Shane Bond lauded Mohammed Siraj for his exceptional bowling in his opening spell, saying the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pacer used his bouncers effectively to force Mumbai Indians batsmen to hit shots. was forced to Siraj took one wicket for 21 runs in his four overs. He started with the crucial wicket of opener Ishan Kishan.

He got early success for RCB. He got Kishan caught at third man in the third over. He bowled the first over and conceded just two runs.

He could have got the big wicket of Rohit Sharma inside the powerplay. Rohit took a shot, but a misunderstanding between Siraj and Dinesh Karthik led to a clash and the ball landed between them.

Bond said in the press conference after the match, you look at those first three overs of Siraj. He didn’t leave anything. He used his bouncer beautifully. He didn’t give us anything to hit, forced us to take a few shots and got wickets from it.

He further added, “We were always behind. We had a long batting line-up, we tried to get ahead and we got to 170. So I think we know that if we get off to a good start, we can go all the way.” Can make a score of.

The bowling coach of Mumbai Indians further gave his assessment of the score and said, I think 170 runs is not much on such a small ground. We left many run outs. I think if we scored more than 190 runs, we had the option of winning the match. Then we weren’t as accurate with the ball as we should have been.(IANS)

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