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Follow UsAfter a fairly controversy-free Test at Perth, it was expected that things would remain the same during the second Test in Adelaide. However, all pf that went out of the window when Mohammed Siraj was involved in a verbal spat with Travis Head after dismissing the latter for 140.
That heated conversation with Head had earned him a 20% match fee fine. Former Indian batter Mohammad Kaif joined that list of Siraj critiques, hitting out at the Indian pacer for the heated celebration.
"When Travis Head smashed 140, hit you to every nook and corner of the ground, flicked you for a six, You placed a deep cover, long on, deep cover and yet he found the gap. He changed the gap by playing shots all around the park. And he did that on a difficult pitch where it wasn't easy to score runs,” Kaif said, reported Hindustan Times.
“After that, Siraj bowled him. I understand the celebration, but I didn't like the send-off. If you know he has a weakness, then get him out early. Get him nicking to the slips or dismiss him with a bouncer, then do your celebrations, but the guy has scored 140... there was no need for a send-off like that," he said.
Kaif didn’t end there; he lambasted Siraj for missing multiple opportunities, insisting that the Indian pacer had the chance to change the game but failed at it.
"Mohammed Siraj had a chance (to send Travis head back). Travis Head top-edged one. Siraj was standing at mid-on. He ran backwards, tried with both hands but missed the catch. Ashwin applauded for the valiant effort but I believe, you create history by grabbing onto such difficult catches. The game changes if you take that catch and Head is out. Siraj had that chance to change the game as a fielder but that didn't happen," Kaif added.
The third Test between India and Australia starts on December 14 at the Gabba, a place where India have happy memories.
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