WTC Final: Mohammed Siraj opens up on throwing ball at Steve Smith

Team India pacer Mohammed Siraj drew a lot of flak from the fans and experts for throwing the ball at Australia batsman Steve Smith during the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) Final at the Oval.

Shedding light about the incident, Siraj said, “It was nothing. I was just enjoying. It is important to do that as it is a long day."

The speedster further revealed that the team planned to bowl only bouncers to Travis Head irrespective of the outcome after his counterattacking hundred on the opening day of the World Test Championship final.

Head’s 163 off 174 balls has put Australia in a commanding position. The Indians’ tactics of not using the short ball against Head was questioned on day one, forcing them to change their plans the following day. Siraj eventually got rid of him with a short ball on the leg side.

“We decided to bowl bouncer only to Head and if he get hit from there then so be it. We stuck to it and got success. We built pressure did not give too many runs that also helped,” said Siraj.