{"id":1835,"date":"2025-07-02T04:57:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e2bet77.net\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2025-07-02T04:57:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:57:15","slug":"mohammed-siraj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e2bet77.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/02\/mohammed-siraj\/","title":{"rendered":"Gautam Gambhir Issues Tough Reality Check on Mohammed Siraj Form, Urges Team to Make Difficult Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manjrekar shared his opinion on who should partner Jasprit Bumrah as the second-choice pacer, suggesting Prasidh Krishna holds a slight edge over Mohammed Siraj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sanjay Manjrekar Questions Mohammed Siraj\u2019s Form, Backs Prasidh Krishna as Second-Choice Pacemaker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar<\/a> delivered a candid assessment of Mohammed Siraj\u2019s recent red-ball form, putting both head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill on notice. Siraj, India\u2019s premier pacer, has come under scrutiny after an underwhelming performance in the first Test at Leeds, where he took two wickets in the first innings but went wicketless in the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though Siraj showed fight in the second innings\u2014troubling Zak Crawley with movement and nearly dismissing Ben Duckett (only for a dropped catch by Yashasvi Jaiswal)\u2014his overall impact was limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manjrekar weighed in on the ongoing debate about who should partner Jasprit Bumrah as India\u2019s second fast bowler. He suggested that Prasidh Krishna holds a slight advantage over Siraj, citing Krishna\u2019s five wickets in the Leeds Test despite being a bit expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a tough call because Mohammed Siraj is the senior bowler and has bowled well historically, but current form has to be considered<\/a>,\u201d Manjrekar said on ESPN Cricinfo. With just 28 wickets in his last 10 Tests, Siraj\u2019s inconsistency is placing extra pressure on Bumrah to lead India\u2019s bowling attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manjrekar pointed out that Krishna appeared to be Shubman Gill\u2019s preferred bowler in the second innings at Headingley, taking crucial wickets. However, he stressed that the coaching staff must work on making Krishna more economical to maximize his effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTowards the end of the match, Krishna looked like the go-to bowler for Gill to take wickets. Based on that, I might lean towards Krishna. It\u2019s a hard decision, but considering Mohammed Siraj current form, the focus should be on helping Krishna improve his economy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sanjay Manjrekar further recommended that India take a daring approach by dropping a frontline pacer in favor of including Kuldeep Yadav in the playing XI. Additionally, he suggested bringing in Nitish Kumar Reddy to replace Shardul Thakur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t play seamers just because you\u2019re in a country where seam works. I would drop a seamer and bring in Kuldeep Yadav, and include Nitish Kumar Reddy instead of Shardul Thakur<\/a>,\u201d Manjrekar asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manjrekar shared his opinion on who should partner Jasprit Bumrah as the second-choice pacer, suggesting Prasidh Krishna holds a slight edge over Mohammed Siraj. Sanjay Manjrekar Questions Mohammed Siraj\u2019s Form, Backs Prasidh Krishna as Second-Choice Pacemaker Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar delivered a candid assessment of Mohammed Siraj\u2019s recent red-ball form, putting both head coach […]\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[40,53,46,42],"class_list":["post-1835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket-news","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-news","tag-e2bet","tag-online-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e2bet77.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e2bet77.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e2bet77.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e2bet77.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e2bet77.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/e2bet77.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1850,"href":"https:\/\/e2bet77.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions\/1850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e2bet77.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e2bet77.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e2bet77.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e2bet77.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}