India’s 1983 World Cup winning cricketer Kris Srikkanth lashed out at Mohammed Siraj for his aggressive behaviour in the recently concluded Test against Australia in Adelaide. Travis Head, who had just scored a century, got dismissed by Siraj, where the Indian pacer gave a fierce send-off to the Australian batter,
Srikkanth believes that Siraj should have accepted and praised Head’s outstanding performance instead of showing aggression. Srikkanth said that Siraj should have praised Head instead of resorting to verbal abuse.
“He has smashed the bowling mercilessly. Hey Siraj, don’t you have brains? What are you doing? Have you gone mad? He smashed you left, right and centre. He hit boundaries and sixes effortlessly in his knock of 140. You’re giving him a send-off after that. Is this called Sledging? What rubbish is this? It’s just madness,” Srikkanth said on his YouTube show.
“One batter has scored 140. Give him credit, and applaud his knock. Instead of saying ‘brilliant knock’, you’re giving him a send-off? As if, you got him out on 10 or 0, as if you planned it and got his wicket! He smashed you all over. The Indian bowlers had no answers to Head’s onslaught. 140 off 141 balls. Look at that. He hit sixes at will. He didn’t treat Ashwin as a spinner, he is dancing down the track and smashing him,” he added.
Coming to the match, Indian team got bowled out for just 180 in their first inning. Australia gave a show with the bat and posted a massive total of 337 on the board. In the second Inning, India posted a mere score of 175, resulting in Australia chasing just 18 runs. In the end, the hosts comfortably won the match by 10 wickets and levelled the series 1-1.
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