India might need been 4 wickets down in a difficult chase within the second Test towards Bangladesh however pacer Mohammed Siraj mentioned there’s nothing to fret about as one set batter can take the staff to victory on Sunday. India on Saturday discovered themselves in a spot of hassle after an interesting third day’s play as they had been decreased to 45 for 4 in a difficult chase of 145.

“I feel, we shouldn’t think too much now because we have lost just four wickets. We need around 80 (100) or so. We need just one batter to get set, Axar is showing right intent,” Siraj mentioned throughout the press convention. At stumps, Axar Patel (26) and Jaydev Unadkat (3) had been on the crease with India nonetheless needing one other 100 runs.

“Yes, we lost two wickets extra but Axar is set, he is showing good intent. We also have Rishabh (Pant) and Shreyas (Iyer) after that, so we shouldn’t think too much.”

Siraj was additionally requested about his wild celebration publish dismissing Litton Das. He replied: “The crowd was shouting things that is why I did that. After an LBW appeal against Taskin, I went back to fielding, and the crowd was shouting something. That’s why I did that,” he mentioned within the post-match presser. “There is nothing with Litton Das. It’s a gentleman’s game.”

If India overhaul 145, it will likely be third highest profitable fourth innings chase at this floor as the highest three successful scores are 209, 205 and 103.

After India misplaced KL Rahul (2) and Cheteshwar Pujara (6), head coach Rahul Dravid determined to ship evening watchman Axar with greater than 15 overs left.

“Sending Axar is management’s call. I feel if there is a lefty and righty batter, then it will be difficult for the bowlers to adjust. So, I think because of that this call was taken,” Siraj mentioned.

The 28-year-old from Hyderabad scalped two wickets — Mominul Haque (5) and Litton Das (73) — on day three as India dismissed Bangladesh for 231.

“In this wicket, there is extra bounce for fast bowers, so I was trying to hit the area as hard as possible as we were getting extra bounce, so our plan was to hit that area hard and as you can see we got wickets.” India wasted each their DRS inside a span of 5 deliveries. The first one was within the eighth over when Ravichandran Ashwin appeared to have trapped Najmul Hossain Shanto and skipper KL Rahul referred it to the third umpire.

In the following over, Siraj was satisfied that he had received Zakir Hasan after hitting him on the pads. Once once more Rahul went upstairs, solely to search out that the ball had pitched outdoors leg.

“Whenever the ball hits the pad as a bowler you feel it is out. But it is important for the bowler and keeper to have a conversation before going for review,” mentioned Siraj.

“Since the batter was in front of me, I had convinced for the review but it didn’t happen as I thought.”

While Litton Das led Bangladesh’s fightback with a 98-ball 73, Siraj felt Nurul Hasan‘s counter-attacking 29-ball 31 knock modified the momentum.

“The wicketkeeper came and started attacking and it changed the momentum and we conceded extra 30 runs but it is not something that we should be too worried,” he mentioned.

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