NEW DELHI: Indian captain Rohit Sharma‘s well-known one-liner, “backyard mein ghoom raha hai kya,” as soon as once more made headlines through the warm-up match in opposition to the Australian Prime Minister’s XI on Sunday.
This time, it was pacer Mohammed Siraj who borrowed Rohit’s well-known one-liner to vent his frustration in a state of affairs the place the phrase was completely becoming.
Siraj opened the bowling for India forward of star pacer Jasprit Bumrah, difficult the Aussie openers along with his sharp, incisive deliveries.
Nonetheless, the right-arm pacer’s focus was briefly disrupted by a sight-screen mishap. After conceding a single off his first ball, Siraj bowled three consecutive dot balls to place strain on Matt Renshaw.
However simply as he was about to ship his fifth ball, Renshaw stepped out of his stance, halting Siraj’s run-up. The southpaw was visibly irritated by a safety one that had blocked the sight display screen by transferring round within the stands.
Noticing this, Siraj could not assist however vent his frustration, shouting, “Ae bhai, backyard mein ghoom raha hai kya?” (Hey brother, are you wandering in a backyard?).
Siraj was in wonderful type through the sequence opener in opposition to Australia in Perth, the place he claimed 5 wickets within the match. He continued his strong performances within the warm-up sport in opposition to the Prime Minister’s XI, taking 1 wicket for 18 runs in 7 overs.
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