Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj had a heated exchange with Australian batter Travis Head during the pink-ball test at the Adelaide Oval.
The incident happened after Siraj clean bowled Head after getting hit for a four and a six. He celebrated and gave a little bit of a send off to which Travis Head’s reply further fired up the Indian pacer.
Later, Travis Head revealed that he said ‘well bowled’ to Siraj which the pacer misunderstood. Siraj then said that Head didn’t say ‘well bowled’ and he was the one who initiated it.
Later on the next day of the game, Siraj and Head were seen having a chat when the Indian pacer came on to bat and Head was fielding at the short leg.
Mohammed Siraj: “It’s all good”
Mohammed Siraj was fined 20% of his match fees (approx AUD 16,500 or INR 8.95 lacs) after the verbal exchange against Travis Head. Both the players were handed one demerit point based on disciplinary grounds.
During training ahead of the third test at the Gabba, Siraj was questioned about the penalty. Siraj’s reply was, “Yeah man, it’s all good”.
He was further asked about his thoughts post the incident. He replied, “I am going to the gym now”. Reportedly Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj didn’t participate in the morning training session on Tuesday at Adelaide.
The third test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 will be played at the Gabba. It will start on 14th December 2024. India won the first game of the series by a huge margin of 295 runs. Australia came back strongly in the second test at Adelaide as they won the game by 10 wickets.
Both teams will be eyeing a win in the third test to take a crucial 2-1 lead in the series.
