New Delhi. Mohammed Siraj had to face booing in Adelaide for his bad behaviour. Siraj was booed by the audience after getting into trouble with Travis Head. Australian batsman Travis Head has broken his silence on the anger of the Indian fast bowler. Head played a brilliant inning of 140 runs in 141 balls and played an important role in giving Australia a lead of 157 runs in the first innings. Siraj dismissed Head in the 82nd over, after which there was a heated argument between the two. On the basis of Head’s eighth century, Australia has tightened its grip on the day-night test. Head’s century and the debate between Siraj and this ‘mustachioed kangaroo’ batsman remained the topic of discussion in the second day’s play.
Travis Head told ‘Fox Cricket’, I said ‘bowled well’. But he thought something else and signaled me to go out. I am a bit disappointed with the way things have gone in the last few innings. If they (Indian team) want to react this way then this is what will happen. And if they want to present themselves that way then so be it. This incident happened when Mohammed Siraj had dropped the head catch, when he was on 76 runs and then this batsman had also hit a six on his ball. After this, Siraj bowled a low ‘full toss’ to Head and celebrated enthusiastically and signaled him to go back. Head reacted by saying a few words before leaving for the dressing room. Adelaide is the home ground of Head. After Head’s century, the audience stood up and welcomed the excellent innings of their local hero.
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More than 50,000 spectators booed Siraj
More than 50,000 spectators present in Adelaide booed Siraj. Later the fast bowler was seen discussing the crowd’s reaction with the umpires. After taking a big lead in the first innings with an aggressive century by Head (140), Australia strengthened its claim on the match by taking India’s 5 wickets for 128 runs in the second innings on the second day of the second test match of the 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Did it. Head, who batted consistently well against India, did not allow the bowlers to dominate by hitting 17 fours and four sixes in his 141-ball innings.
Amazing Australian trio
After Head’s innings, the trio of Pat Cummins (33/2), Scott Boland (39/2) and Mitchell Starc (49/1) took India’s lead with excellent line-length bowling near the off stump in this day-night Test match. No batsman was given a chance to stay at the crease for long. To force Australia to bat in the second innings, India will have to score 29 more runs. Rishabh Pant (28) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (15) were present at the crease at the time of stumps.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : December 7, 2024, 8:13 PM IST