The last few months have been magical for Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj with their share of ups and downs. After a poor Dream11 IPL season. Siraj was surprisingly named in India’s squad for the Australian tour. Soon after he landed in Australia, he got the news of his father’s death. However, the pacer decided to stay back in Australia to fulfill his late father’s dreams. Chances of Siraj featuring in India’s playing XI were very slick, but not impossible. Here in this article, we talk about Mohammed Siraj breaks down.

Mohammed Siraj’s emotional moment before the 3rd Test

The 26-year-old Siraj replaced injured Mohammed Shami in the second Test at Melbourne thus announcing his name in red-ball cricket. The speedster performed seemingly well in his debut game and rightfully shunned his critics with the ball in his hand. The Royal Challengers Bangalore‘s bowler was named in India’s playing XI in the third Test at Sydney as well. As it happened, Mohammed Siraj breaks down, he was left in tears during India’s national anthem before the commencement of the match.


Indians, who were put to bowl by the Australians after losing the toss, clinched an early wicket in the name of David Warner off Mohammed Siraj. At the time of writing this article, Siraj bowled a total of 11 overs in the third Test and has handed 33 runs so far with the only wicket taken in the first innings by India to his name. Australia is currently 100-1 in 33 overs with Pucovski and Labuschange on the crease for the Baggy Greens.