‘He fought private loss, racial remarks’: Ravi Shastri hails Mohammed Siraj as discover of Australia tour
Image Source : TWITTER/RAVISHASTRIOFC Mohammed Siraj
India head coach Ravi Shastri on Friday heaped reward on quick bowler Mohammed Siraj who performed an important function within the staff’s exceptional win over Australia within the Border-Gavaskar sequence.
“Find of the tour for shoring up the bowling attack the way he did – Mohd Siraj. He fought through personal loss, racial remarks and channelised them to find home in the team huddle,” Shastri mentioned in a tweet.
Siraj picked 13 wickets within the three Tests he performed, the primary of which was his debut, by the course of the sequence which India gained 2-1. During the tour, Siraj misplaced his father and even confronted racial abuse from a piece of a crowd in the course of the third Test in Sydney. However, he did not let these obstacles have an effect on his efficiency as performed a key function in India’s memorable Test sequence win over the Tim Paine-led aspect.
Find of the tour for shoring up the bowling assault the best way he did – Mohd Siraj. He fought by private loss, racial remarks and channelised them to seek out house within the staff huddle 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/qkzpXgqQiX— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) January 22, 2021
On his return to India on Thursday, the 26-year-old quick bowler mentioned he had no time to calm down and want to give attention to the sport with out considering an excessive amount of.
“Whenever I performed I missed my father. In fact, I was thinking of calling him after every good performance but later realised that he was no more. I miss him a lot. May Allah grant him place in paradise,” Siraj mentioned.
The Hyderabad-based bowler mentioned it was an emotional second for him when he drove straight from the airport to the graveyard and supplied flowers on his father’s grave.
On being abused racially by spectators in the course of the third and fourth Tests, in Sydney and Brisbane respectively, Siraj mentioned it made him mentally robust and he didn’t permit that to affect his sport.
“The case (on racial abuse) is going on. Let us see if we get justice or not. I told my captain that some audience is abusing me. The umpire said you can leave the ground but the captain said we will not go as we respect the game of cricket and you may send them out,” he mentioned
