New Delhi: All players have to face criticism regarding form in cricket. Even if he is the best player. Something similar has happened with the fast Indian bowler Mohammad Siraj. Which he himself has told about.
Siraj said, he also had to face criticism during the bad season of IPL in the year 2019. He was told to ‘quit cricket and drive auto with his father’, but during that time former team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) encouraged him and saved his career from breaking.
Let us tell you that due to the poor bowling of Siraj, RCB could not get victory in the initial matches. She was at the bottom of the team’s points table. During the flight, he had to listen to many types of surprises.
Siraj gave 36 runs in 2.2 overs with five sixes against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the same season. At the same time, captain Virat Kohli was forced to remove him from the bowling due to the beamer ball (ball higher than the batsman’s waist without hitting the batsman) twice.
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Let me tell you, Mohammad Siraj told ‘RCB Podcast’, “When I bowled two beamers against KKR, people said ‘leave cricket and go back and drive auto with your father’.” Siraj further said, “I had to face a lot of reactions like this.
Siraj says, ‘People don’t see the struggle behind all this. But I remember when I was first selected for the national team, how Mahi bhai (Dhoni) told me that whatever people are saying about me should be ignored. Siraj said, “Mahi bhai had explained to me that, you do well today and they will praise you and when you do not do better then people will use bad words for you. Hence this or such reaction should never be taken seriously.
Siraj told that, “The same people who trolled me again and again and then later were saying ‘You are the best bowler brother’. So now I don’t care much about anyone’s reaction. I am still the same Siraj that I was at that time.