WTC Final Day 3 Live rating: Ponting a fan of Siraj

Siraj took 4 wickets within the Australian innings and has been one of many few brights lights for India on this Test to date. The quick bowler was at his normal feisty self, notably in just a little passage of play towards Steve Smith the place he threw the ball angrily on the common space behind the striker’s finish after the batter pulled out a la Mitchell Johnson vs Kevin Pietersen 2013 Boxing Day Test. This is what Ricky Ponting needed 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 informed 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.