Suryakumar Yadav Call Siraj for T20 World Cup: Mohammed Siraj considered Suryakumar Yadav’s call a joke, got place in T20 World Cup

New Delhi. Indian team’s experienced fast bowler Mohammad Siraj has got a place in the ICC T20 World Cup team at the last moment. The selectors decided to give a chance to this bowler, who has been out of the T20 team since 2024, 48 hours before the start of the tournament. Harshit Rana was out due to injury in the warm-up match of the T20 World Cup and the door of the team opened for Siraj. At first he couldn’t believe it when he got the news of being selected in the team. Siraj himself has revealed this.

Mohammed Siraj revealed that when he got the call to include Harshit Rana in the team after his exit from the ICC T20 World Cup, he could not believe it at first. He felt that Captain Suryakumar Yadav was joking with him. Siraj was included in the updated team after Rana was out due to injury a day before the start of the tournament. BCCI included experienced Siraj in the team along with Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah to strengthen the fast bowling attack.

India’s plans got a further blow when Bumrah fell ill just before the first match of the tournament and had to sit out. For this reason, Siraj got a chance, who joined the team on Friday evening and was directly fielded. Playing his first T20 International after July 2024, Siraj bowled a brilliant opening spell and bowled full length like red ball cricket. He took two wickets in the beginning and took three wickets for 29 runs in four overs.

Siraj told Star Sports after the match, “Two days before the match, I got a call from Surya Bhai. He said, ‘Mian, get ready, pack your bag and come.’ I said, ‘Surya Bhai, don’t joke now. You joke a lot, but not on things like this. He said, ‘I am serious, pack your bags and come.’ Later Ojha Bhai also called, he also said to be ready. Only then did I believe.”