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"It was important (to play with fourth fast bowler), because we have taken three wickets at the start and our fast bowlers were effective and bowling consistently in one area.
"The role of fast bowlers is important in England because when you come to England, you want to try things, but our plan here was to be consistent and bowl at one place," he said.
Siraj also said his plan was to bowl consistently.
“When I played Ranji Trophy for first time, my plan was to hit consistently in one area, that is my simple plan not to try anything, if I would have tried more things, it could have affected the team, and my bowling figures,” he said.
The Indian bowlers conceded a lot of extras but Siraj said it was part of the game.
“What can I say about it (conceding extras), this happens, it is part of the game, extras, it is not that anyone has purposely conceded extras, it’s okay,” he quipped.
According to Siraj, Indian batsmen would look to score runs in the second essay.
“The wicket has become good for batting, and we will look to put runs on the board and try to score maximum runs and then see what happens after that,” he said.
Siraj removed a set Jonny Bairstow off a bouncer and the right-arm speedster revealed the strategy behind it.
“There was not help (from) the wicket, so we were planning like let's try bouncers, because after eight overs, we were going to take the new ball, so we planned to bowl bouncers. If the wicket comes, then we will keep the plan simple,” he signed off.