During a total of four matches he played during the home Test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand, Siraj could take only six wickets. This also included a wicketless outing against Kiwis at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Unable to dominate under spin-friendly conditions, Siraj said that he started thinking deeply about his dry spell and got upset with his performances.
A four-wicket haul from pacer Harshit Rana and authoritative knocks from a returning Shubman Gill, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Yashasvi Jaiswal helped India secure a five-wicket win over Australia's Prime Ministers' XI in their pink-ball warm-up match at Canberra's Manuka Oval on Sunday.