Brisbane:
Indian Cricket team fast bowler Mohammed Siraj was booed heavily by a part of the crowd at the Gabba, Brisbane on Day 1 of the third test match against Australia on Saturday. As Siraj got ready to bowl the second over of the Australian innings, boos rang from different parts of the ground.
The reaction was because of the controversy surrounding Siraj and his send-off to Travis Head during the second Test match in Adelaide. Siraj and head were both punished for the controversy with the Indian pacer receiving a 20 per cent fine while Head was sanctioned and awarded one demerit point.
Big boo for siraj from the crowd#AUSvIND #TheGabba pic.twitter.com/rQp5ekoIak
— ٭𝙉𝙄𝙏𝙄𝙎𝙃٭ (@nitiszhhhh) December 14, 2024
Indian Skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl against Australia in the third test.
Bgt is generating good crowds which is really great for this rivalry 🏏
— Shantanu Shrivastava (@DaKingInDaNorff) December 14, 2024
Also Read: “Mastering the Gabba: IND vs AUS Showdown”
India have made a couple of changes with Harshit Rana and R Ashwin making way for Akash Deep and Ravindra Jadeja respectively.
For Australia, Josh Hazlewood, who has recovered from his side injury, returns to the playing XI in place of Scott Boland.
Aussie crowd still going after Siraj,
C’mon miyan 💪#INDvsAUS— Anupam Mishra (@gullycricketerr) December 14, 2024
“Little bit overcast and little bit of grass, looks a bit soft as well, want to make best use of the conditions. It will get better to bat as it goes on,” Rohit said at the toss.
“Big game for us here, we’ll do what is expected of us. We’ll play good cricket, we understand we have to capture some moments, we didn’t do that in the previous game which is why we lost,” he added.
The five-match series is locked in at 1-1.
