NEW DELHI: India pacer Mohammed Siraj and Australia’s star batter Travis Head are reportedly underneath ICC scrutiny following a heated trade through the second Check of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Adelaide. Australia gained the match by 10 wickets, leveling the collection 1-1.
The incident occurred through the 82nd over of Australia’s innings when Siraj bowled a shocking in-swinging yorker to dismiss Head. Following the wicket, Siraj gave Head a fiery send-off, gesturing aggressively in the direction of the stands.
In response, Head exchanged phrases with Siraj earlier than strolling off to applause from the house crowd.The incident triggered a backlash from the Adelaide crowd, which booed Siraj at any time when he fielded close to the boundary or got here on to bowl, expressing displeasure at his conduct.
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In response to The Every day Telegraph, each Siraj and Head are anticipated to face a disciplinary listening to for his or her on-field altercation. Nonetheless, they’re unlikely to obtain suspensions, as such incidents usually entice milder penalties.
Head, who was named Participant of the Match, addressed the incident throughout a press interplay, revealing that he had stated “Properly bowled, mate” after hitting Siraj for a six previous to his dismissal. Whereas he expressed remorse over his response, he defended his determination to face his floor.
“It in all probability (went) slightly bit far; that’s why I’m disenchanted within the response I gave again, however I’m additionally going to face up for myself. Prefer to assume in our crew, we wouldn’t do this. [It’s] not the way in which I’d prefer to play the sport and really feel like my teammates are the identical. If I see that, I in all probability name it out, which I did,” Head stated through the press convention.
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Siraj, nonetheless, disputed Head’s account in an interview with Star Sports activities forward of Day 3.
“Once you get hit for a six on a superb ball, it fires you up in another way. And once I acquired him bowled, I solely celebrated, and he abused me, and also you noticed that on TV, too,” he advised Star Sports activities.
“I solely celebrated at the beginning; I didn’t say something to him. What he stated within the press convention wasn’t proper, it’s a lie that he solely stated ‘effectively bowled’ to me. It’s there for everybody to see that that’s not what he stated to me. We respect everybody; it’s not like we disrespect different gamers. I respect everyone as a result of cricket is a gentleman’s sport, however what he did wasn’t proper. I didn’t prefer it in any respect.”
By Day 3, tensions appeared to have eased. The 2 gamers have been seen chatting when Siraj got here out to bat throughout India’s second innings, signaling that they could have put the incident behind them.
