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Follow UsMohammed Siraj and Travis Head were involved in a heated argument on the field when the pacer got the southpaw out for 140 on Day 2 of the second Test in Adelaide. That banter did not end there. While Head claimed that he told Siraj that he bowled well, the Indian speedster said that he lied.
“After bowling him out, I celebrated. Then he abused me. You can see it on TV as well. In the start, it was my celebration, I didn't say anything to him. In the press conference, he said the wrong thing. He lied. No way he said, ‘well-bowled’,” Siraj told Harbhajan Singh on Star Sports.
However, former Australia batter Mark Taylor believes that Siraj is being disrespectful towards the game, not just with the words he spit out during the battle but also with the way he celebrates a wicket even before the umpire's decision. He has urged senior pros like Virat Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma to have a chat with him.
“I don’t know who instigated it, but it’s not a good look, particularly when a guy makes 140," Taylor said on the Willow Talk Podcast.
"I’d like to see someone have a little word to Mohammed Siraj.
"Someone like a Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli needs to go up to him and say ‘mate, yeah, be excited, be aggressive, get in batsmen’s face, love all that, but that is disrespecting the game and the umpire,'" he further added.
After being decimated in the first Test in Perth, Australia bounced back well in the day-night Adelaide Test, beating India by 10 wickets. The action will now shift to the third Test at the Gabba, which is set to get underway on December 14 (Saturday).
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