Overview

• In a RevSportz interview, Mohammed Siraj said he wanted to “stop the talk” about performing only when Jasprit Bumrah is out and described taking charge of the bowling group and keeping teammates like Akash Deep confident.
• He finished the five-Test series as the leading wicket-taker with 23 and earned Player of the Match in the final Test at The Oval, with reports differing on whether he took eight or nine wickets in that match.
• Jasprit Bumrah featured in three of the five Tests due to workload and back management, a plan that opened greater responsibility for Siraj.
• Siraj delivered decisive spells in the games Bumrah missed, including six wickets at Edgbaston and a match-winning haul at The Oval that helped India level the series.
• Hindustan Times highlighted splits in Siraj’s Test metrics: a career average of 31.05 that rises to 35 when Bumrah plays and drops to 25 when he does not, with strike rates of 57 versus 44 balls per wicket respectively.