India became the champion for the eighth time by defeating Sri Lanka in the final of the Asia Cup held in Colombo, in which Indian bowler Muhammad Siraj had such a prominent performance that people called this match ‘Sri Lanka versus Muhammad Siraj’ instead of Sri Lanka versus India. are saying
Mohammad Siraj set a record for India by taking four wickets in a single over and also became the first bowler to take four wickets in a single over in an ODI.
Pakistani cricketers are also appreciating his spell. While former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif called it ‘the best new-ball spell in the history of ODIs’, cricketer Sana Mir wrote that ‘five wickets in 2.4 overs’. What was this spell of Muhammad Siraj!’
After Pakistan’s defeat by Sri Lanka in a thrilling match, the interest of Pakistani fans in the Asia Cup had almost disappeared, but Siraj’s bowling once again created interest in the Asia Cup for them.
However, despite Pakistan’s successive defeats by India and Sri Lanka, they are still ranked first in ODIs, while India have come second after winning the Asia Cup.
Just a week ago, Pakistan was at the top with 118 points while Australia was at the second position. Now Pakistan has 115 points while India has also got 115 points and Australia has come to the third position with 113 points.
Although the final of the Asia Cup was a one-sided affair and cricket fans were disappointed with Sri Lanka’s performance as they set a new record for the lowest score in the history of the Asia Cup and the entire team was bundled out for 50 runs, including Mohammad Siraj. took six wickets for 16 runs.
Earlier this record was held by the Bangladesh team who were bowled out for 87 runs against Pakistan in the 2000 Asia Cup.
The story of Mohammad Siraj’s transformation from ordinary to special
Born in the famous city of Hyderabad in the year 1994, Mohammad Siraj was not known by many people before the IPL auction in 2017, but the Hyderabad team ‘Sunrisers’ bid 2.5 crores for him overnight. Introduced to the world of night cricket.
Earlier in the year 2015, he was able to make a place in the Ranji team of Hyderabad. In the very first season, he grabbed everyone’s attention with his excellent bowling.
His base price was only 2 million but there was so much competition for him from two teams Hyderabad and Bangalore that he fetched 13 times his price.
At that time, Mohammad Siraj’s father, who hailed from the southern Indian state of Telangana, operated an auto-rickshaw in Hyderabad and his mother worked in other households for a year before that.
Before 2014, Siraj had only been playing cricket with a tennis ball and had never had the chance to play with an official cricket ball.
Due to his good performance, he was given the cap of Team India in the second T20 match of the series against New Zealand in Rajkot, India, and when all the players lined up and the national anthem was played, he was given an emotional ovation. Tears came out of the eyes.
And at that time, there was a discussion of patriotism and nationalism regarding Siraj on social media, which was also seen on many Twitter handles last night, in which it was said that ‘India wants a Muslim like Siraj.’
However, his first match in Rajkot will not be remembered much because of his performance because he got the wicket of the New Zealand captain but he gave away more than 50 runs in four overs and New Zealand easily won the match by 40 runs. Won.
Then in 2019 he made his ODI debut against Australia and next year in 2020 he made his Test debut against Australia.
Appreciation on social media
Mohammad Siraj is not only being appreciated on social media for his memorable bowling, but when he announced to give his man of the match prize money to the groundsman there, his fellow players also applauded him. appreciate of its.
Shoaib Akhtar, the fast bowler of his time, described his bowling as ‘destruction’ and ‘destruction’ on Twitter.
During the presentation after being declared man of the match, when Ravi Shastri asked him, ‘Mian, which biryani did you eat today’, Siraj replied that no biryani.
It should be noted that since Siraj belongs to Hyderabad and Biryani is very famous there, he was asked this question.
But he said that he was consistently bowling well and batting the batsmen but it paid off today.
One person said, “We as fans did not expect such a performance from the Indian bowlers,” while many fans said that today’s match was not India vs Sri Lanka but Sri Lanka vs Siraj.
A spectator who came to watch the match in Colombo said that Kante did not compete but after the defeat against Bangladesh, this win for India will boost their morale ahead of the World Cup.
A user named Ashwini Soni tweeted: ‘Muhammad Siraj awarded Sri Lanka’s ground staff with Man of the Match prize money of Rs 4154517.
Siraj added to the glory of the country today. It is called the best upbringing and making India known abroad. Still some leaders and media spew venom against Muslims day and night. You also say thank you Siraj.