Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) fast bowler, Mohammed Siraj talked about his experience with online trolling in the latest episode on RCB Podcast. Siraj, one of the brightest Indian bowlers and the world at the moment spoke about being considered India’s hero one day and an auto driver on another.
RCB’s lead pacer for the season, Siraj started his IPL 2023 well with a riveting spell of 4-0-21-1 where he dominated the Mumbai batters with the new ball. While the Chinnaswamy crowd chanted his name, Mohammed Siraj believed that it does not take long to go from hero to villain.
During a Podcast with Danish Sait, Mohammed Siraj said, “It is easy to write abuses. But you don’t know anything about his struggle. How can you abuse someone then? Those messages kill your motivation. A guy is getting abused for no reason at all. Why? What’s next?”
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He further added, “One day they call you the future of India, the next day they claim you are nothing and should drive an auto. I don’t understand this.”
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The fast bowler also talked about the effects of online tolling on a player and said that it killed motivation. Siraj opined that ups and downs were a part of everyone’s life and the only thing that one can do as a human is to be kind to another.
Explaining the same, Mohammed Siraj said, “When you perform well, people start praising you so much, You are such a good bowler, next level. When I was retained, it was called as best retention. Now they question why I was retained? There was no need for you to be retained. You aren’t good enough to play cricket.”
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He further added, “Thank you for all the support but don’t abuse anyone. Ups and downs are part of life. That’s all I can say. Rest is up to you. You are aware of our struggle still you behave like that with us. That doesn’t affect us much but as a human all I can ask from you is respect everyone.”
Mohammed Siraj’s sensational rise since his breakout at the Australia 2020/21 Test series when he acquired the top spot in ODI bowlers’ rankings ahead of the Australia series. While his stay at the top was brief, it is expected that Siraj will be one of the lead bowlers for India in their upcoming 2023 ODI World Cup.
