The Indian head coach Ravi Shastri was seen showering praises on Mohammed Siraj for his brilliant show while leading the pace attack against Australia and pointed out how the India pacer fought through the personal loss of his father and racial abuses in his first Test series to finish as the highest wicket-taker for the visitors. Siraj’s father Mohammed Ghaus passed away on November 20 last year while he was in Australia.
Mohammed Siraj was also subjected to racial slurs from the crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground, not on one but two occasions. He made his debut in Melbourne and then became the leader of the attack in Brisbane, stepped up, and conquered the challenge. He went on to pick up his maiden five-wicket haul.
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Siraj was the highest wicket-taker for India in his maiden tour as he scalped 13 wickets in 3 matches, Siraj went past Jasprit Bumrah and R Ashwin’s tally. The youngster played a crucial role in helping India breach Australia’s Gabba fortress with 6 wickets in the Test.
Find of the tour for shoring up the bowling attack the way he did – Mohd Siraj. He fought through personal loss, racial remarks and channelised them to find home in the team huddle 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/qkzpXgqQiX
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) January 22, 2021
Tweeting about the same, Ravi Shastri wrote: “Find of the tour for shoring up the bowling attack the way he did – Mohd Siraj. He fought through personal loss, racial remarks and channelised them to find home in the team huddle”.
On Thursday, Siraj said he went directly to the graveyard from the Hyderabad airport on Thursday and sat with his late father before heading home to meet his mother.
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Siraj said, “I didn’t go home, directly. I went to the graveyard straight from the airport, I went there to sit with my dad for some time. I couldn’t speak to him but offered flowers to his grave. And then I came home. When I met my mom, she started crying. Then I tried to console her, telling her not to cry. It was a different feeling. After 6-7 months, her son had come home. Mom was always waiting for me to return. She was counting down how many days were left for me to return.”
