WTC Final Day 3 Live score: Ponting a fan of Siraj
Siraj took four wickets in the Australian innings and has been one of the few brights lights for India in this Test thus far. The fast bowler was at his usual feisty self, particularly in a little passage of play against Steve Smith where he threw the ball angrily at the general area behind the striker’s end after the batter pulled out a la Mitchell Johnson vs Kevin Pietersen 2013 Boxing Day Test. This is what Ricky Ponting had to say about Siraj.
“Maybe sometimes he gets carried away and goes a little bit over the top, but you need those guys in your side when things aren’t going well. He was the one today who said I am going to be the guy that is going to turn things around and what I loved was that his pace didn’t drop at all during the whole innings,” Ponting told International Cricket Council (ICC). “From the first ball yesterday morning until late this afternoon, his pace was hovering around that 86 or 87-mile-and-hour mark and that says a lot about a great attitude,” he added.
