Chennai: The Duleep Trophy ultimate received a lift of stardom with paceman Mohammed Siraj and left-hander Devdutt Padikkal becoming a member of the South Zone squad. For Siraj, the home task comes at a time when questions over his kind, wicket-taking influence and workload have begun to assemble momentum.TOI understands that Siraj’s place got here underneath scrutiny after the primary Check in opposition to Sri Lanka in Galle, with the group administration contemplating Gurnoor Brar for the second Check in Colombo. Siraj ultimately retained his place, however within the 26 overs that he bowled within the drawn sport, he might handle solely two wickets.Former nationwide selector and India opener Devang Gandhi stated that is the place Siraj ought to convey his expertise into play.“I’ve seen Mohammed Shami from shut quarters. Within the second session, his tempo usually used to drop, however that was typically deliberate. He used to melt up the batter after which all of the sudden bowl that killer supply. So whenever you develop a bit of older, it’s not all the time about going flat out however being even handed about it,” Gandhi stated, including that Siraj has every little thing in his armoury that ought to assist him roar again.“His greatest asset is his capacity to bowl with wobble seam. When a bowler does that, the ball tends to seam relying on which facet of the seam it lands. That’s one thing he ought to by no means lose,” Gandhi added.