Sanjay Manjrekar urged the Test captain, Shubman Gill, to assign the 'No.4 bowler' role to the right-arm quick Mohammed Siraj on the fifth and final day of the Headingley Test.
Siraj is the most experienced seamer in the India Test playing XI after pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, and so far he has not pulled his weight in the side.
Mohammed Siraj also bowled many loose deliveries and made run-scoring pretty easy for the England National Cricket Team batters.
Also, Mohammed Siraj bowled two overs in India's second innings with the ball on Day 4 and conceded 9 runs, before the stumps with England still needing 350 runs to win.
Let Siraj be your No.4 bowler to go to - Sanjay Manjrekar
"There will be Jadeja that Shubman Gill should go to more often, and Prasidh Krishna, I think, has got a very good mind where he doesn't feel the pressure or loses confidence easily.
"And Shardul Thakur might have a surprise around the corner. But that's how he (Gill) should go with the number of overs."
Are England favorites to win the match? Sanjay Manjrekar reveals
However, Sanjay Manjrekar thinks differently. Speaking on ESPNCricinfo, when Manjrekar was asked if the Three Lions are favorites to win, he replied by highlighting the nature of the pitch and how it has started to favor the bowlers. He said:
"There is a rough building up for Jadeja perfectly just outside off for the left-hand batter and they've got a few important left-hand players - Ben Duckett and Ben Stokes."
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