Premier pacer Mohammed Siraj shared a heartfelt story on Instagram after India reached the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup. Siraj, who is playing his first World Cup, played a pivotal role in the bowling department to help India qualify for the final. He has been in good form with the new ball for India and claimed 13 wickets thus far in the tournament.
Siraj remembered his late father on Thursday and posted an emotional story on social networking site Instagram. He lost his father Mohammed Ghaus after a brief illness in November 2020 when he was in Australia for his maiden Test tour.
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Siraj lost his father Mohammed Ghaus, an auto-rickshaw driver in Hyderabad, on November 20, 2020, around a week after the Indian team landed in Australia and he could not return home due to COVID-19 restrictions.
He made his ODI debut in 2019 and Test bow the following year.
Recently, Siraj talked about playing in the World Cup and asserted that it’s a big achievement for him.
“To be honest I never thought that I would play a World Cup because I have come from so low (background),” Hyderabad native Siraj told reporters.
Meanwhile, Virat Kohli scored a record-breaking 50th one-day international hundred before Mohammed Shami took a sensational seven wicket-haul as India sealed a place in the World Cup final with a 70-run win over New Zealand in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Kohli made 117, to surpass the record he had shared with India great Sachin Tendulkar, and Shreyas Iyer a rapid 105 in a commanding total of 397-4 that also featured Shubman Gill’s 80 not out after he retired hurt on 79.
Shami then took a 7-57 as New Zealand, the losing finalists at the last two World Cups and conquerors of India in a 2019 semi-final, were dismissed for 327.
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