IND vs AUS: Mohammad Siraj’s gesture wins the heart of young fan during Indore Test
India cricketer Mohammed Siraj won the heart of one of his fans as he reserved a very special gesture for him on Day 2 of the third Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023. During the game in Indore, Siraj handed a bottle of his energy drink to one of his fans while fielding.
India, after registering dominating victories in both the concluded Tests over Australia in the four-match Test series, haven’t had a pleasant outing in their outing at the Holkar Stadium. They struggled to put up a worthy performance with the bat against Australia. The visitors ended up winning the game by 9 wickets in Indore.
Mohammed Siraj makes young fan feel special with sweet gesture
A video of the incident has gone viral on the micro-blogging site Twitter. While Team India were fielding, Siraj walked back to his position at the boundary rope. He was offered his energy drink by the bearer on the sidelines, when a young fan suddenly became very excited. On seeing the 28-year-old from so close and started to cheer by calling out his name.
Just to cheer the young fan a little, the pacer took his energy drink from the bearer and tossed it towards the young fan, who caught it with immense delight. The video clip ended with the fan jumping with joy over the special moment from the cricketer.
Here is the video :
Speaking about Mohammed Siraj’s performance in this series, he has bagged only a solitary wicket in all the three Tests so far. He went wicketless in Australia’s first innings on Day 2 of the third Test. He will be one of the main pacers for India after the Test series concludes in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, when both the sides lock horns in the ODI series