Mohammed Siraj and Travis Head in motion© AFP
The face-off between pacer Mohammed Siraj and Travis Head grew to become the foremost spotlight of the pink-ball Check between India and Australia in Adelaide. Pat Cummins and co brutally thrashed India and claimed an enormous 10-wicket victory on Day 3 of the match. With this win, Australia levelled the five-match sequence 1-1. The hosts fully dominated the Rohit Sharma-led aspect in all of the departments and claimed a deserving win. Nonetheless, Siraj and Head’s controversy grabbed everybody’s consideration and as per the future’s plan, it had a fairytale ending.
It began with Siraj bowling out Head on Day 2 and giving him a fiery send-off. Ensuing which, the Adelaide crowd showered some boos on Siraj. Following the day’s play, each the gamers narrated their respective variations of the incident.
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Nonetheless on Day 3, when India have been 9 wickets down, Siraj mistimed a shot on Scott Boland’s supply and Head took a wonderful catch to dismiss the Indian pacer. After taking the catch, Head punched the air after which went on to indicate the pink ball to his residence crowd.
Few moments earlier than his dismissal, each Siraj and Head have been seen having a chat and even hugging to kind their variations out.
Earlier, Head claimed that he stated “properly bowled” after being castled by a low toss, an announcement the Indian dismissed as a lie.
“It was a great battle. I beloved bowling to him. He has batted rather well for his 140,” Siraj instructed Harbhajan Singh throughout an interplay on Star Sports activities.
“Whenever you get hit for a six in your good ball, it type of will get annoying. It ignites your ardour. After I received him out, I celebrated however he abused me,” stated Siraj. “It is a lie that he stated ‘properly bowled’ to me.”
The third Check between India and Australia will kick-start from December 14 at The Gabba.
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