BGT 2024-25: [Watch] Mohammed Siraj welcomed by Gabba crowd with boos during 3rd test

Mohammed Siraj has been copping boos from the Australian fans since his altercation with Travis Head in Adelaide.

Since his fiery exchange with Travis Head in the second BGT 2024-25 test match in Adelaide, India pacer Mohammed Siraj has been at the receiving end of criticism from Australian media and booing from the home team’s fans.

While Siraj and Head made peace by the end of the Adelaide fixture, the booing spilled from Adelaide to Brisbane as the seamer was greeted with jeers from the crowd at the Gabba, where the third test got underway on Saturday morning.

India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field first under cloudy conditions. Mohammed Siraj was given the second over of the innings and was welcomed with a chorus of boos from the crowd at the stadium.

As he charged in to bowl, the crowd’s noise got louder. This didn’t affect Siraj much as he started off with a maiden to Nathan McSweeney. But in his next over, as Usman Khawaja pulled the pacer for a boundary, the crowd cheered for the batsman and then booed the Indian pacer again.

Siraj later bowled a maiden to Khawaja as well. By this time, the boos had almost died down.

Video: Mohammed Siraj welcomed by the Gabba crowd with boos during 3rd test

Meanwhile, only 13.2 overs of play was possible in the first session because of persistent rain. The second session is also set to be washed out completely. India have failed to pick up a wicket yet.

IND vs AUS 3rd test playing XIs:

Australia (Playing XI): Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep

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