Indian pace bowler Mohammed Siraj has praised the interim captain of the Indian team Ajinkya Rahane for firmly standing beside his players in the racism row which occurred in the third Test at Sydney. Talking to the Press on his comeback to India after a successful tour of Australia, Siraj said, “Rahane was adamant that we (Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah and the entire Indian team) would not leave the ground no matters what.”
“He said we respect cricket and just for a few people’s misbehaviour we can’t leave the ground, He then asked the umpires to get those creating the ruckus, out of the ground,” Siraj added detailing the sequence of events.
Siraj, 26, took 13 wickets including a five-wicket haul in the three games on this tour, and was one of the leading stars that emerged out of the tournament. His five-wicket haul came in the record-breaking win for Team India at Gabba in the second innings of Australia. India won the Gabba Test by three wickets and won the series 2-1 to retain the Border Gavaskar Trophy second time in a row.
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