During the day-night pink-ball Adelaide Test battle, we experienced a heated battle between the Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj and the Australian batter Travis Head. While the Australian star Head opened up last night about the incident, Siraj openly replied Head’s claim was a lie.

Before the Adelaide Test, India were leading by 1-0 after winning the five-match Test series opener at Perth Stadium by 295 runs. In the Adelaide Test, after India were bowled out for only 180 runs, Australia replied with 337 runs. While Australia earned a strong lead of 157 runs, Travis Head had the contribution of 140 off 141 balls with the help of 17 fours and four sixes.

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Mohammed Siraj vs Travis Head

During Australia’s first innings of the Adelaide Test, Siraj worked hard with the ball. Due to his frustration, he once threw the ball at the batter Marnus Labuschagne after he stopped Siraj at the last moment due to a movement at the sight screen. 

Siraj’s frustration was seen on the second day of the pink-ball Test. Before Siraj bowled Head, the left-handed batter hit Siraj 29 runs off 28 balls, including a sixer on the previous delivery of the dismissal. After dismissing Head, Siraj and the Aussie batter had a little heated moment, where Siraj gave him a send-off.

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Later, after the end of the second day, Head clarified that he jokingly said 'well bowled' after the dismissal. He added, “Then he pointed me in the sheds and I had my reaction as well.” Head further claimed that he was disappointed in the reaction he gave back. 

It's a lie that he only said 'well bowled' to me: Mohammed Siraj

However, Siraj has a different claim on that incident. The Indian pacer claimed that he had only wild celebrations before Head abused him, which triggered his send-off moment. Siraj further claimed that Head had lied about that incident by claiming only to say 'well bowled'. After his send-off, Siraj was booed by the Adelaide crowd.   

Siraj said, "It was a great battle going on (with Head) and he batted really well. When you get hit for a six on a good ball, it fires you up differently. And when I got him bowled, I only celebrated and he abused me and you saw that on TV too. I only celebrated at the start, I didn't say anything to him. What he said in the press conference wasn't right, it's a lie that he only said 'well bowled' to me. It's there for everyone to see that that's not what he said to me.

"We respect everyone, it's not like we disrespect other players. I respect everybody because cricket is a gentleman's game, but what he did wasn't right. I didn't like it at all."

Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj bagged four wickets in that innings, as his bowling figures of 24.3-5-98-4. While he fought really hard, he and Jasprit Bumrah couldn’t save the visitors in the Adelaide Test. 

Meanwhile, Siraj is in trouble for his several incidents during the Adelaide Test. He can get punished for his actions.