Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], October 2 (ANI): India's pace bowling mainstay Mohammed Siraj attributed his opening day success to "hard work", conceding that he had to toil for each of his four wickets on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Siraj dismantled the West Indies attack, making the tourists regret their decision to bat first after winning the toss instantly. He ended the first innings with figures of 4/40 in his 14-over spell and moved to the top of the wicket-taking chart in the ongoing World Test Championship Cycle with 30 scalps.

While Siraj had to put in the hard yards to scythe scalps in England, wickets came relatively easily to him against the lower-ranked opposition. When asked about his outing in Ahmedabad , Siraj was

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