India speedster Mohammad Siraj has revealed that a few words of support and encouragement from India team coach Ravi Shastri in Australia last year made him change his mind on returning to India after his father's death.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
One crucial Shastri line to Siraj was: "You play the Test match. You will get five wickets as your father's blessings will be with you."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Siraj said captain Virat Kohli, also his skipper at the Royal Challengers Bangalore, and bowling coach Bharat Arun besides Shastri, supported him after his father's death on November 20.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Ravi sir came to me and told [me] tu test match khel, dekh tereko paanch wickets milega. Tere Daddy ka dua teray saath hoga (you play the Test match; you will get five wickets. Your father's blessings will be with you)," Siraj told ABP news.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Match ke baad Ravi sir ne bahut khush hokar bola: tujhe bola tha na paanch wickets milega (I told that you will get five wickets). I became very confident after my coaches encouraged me in such a way," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
When Siraj, who was in the Test squad, received the news of his father's death on November 20 he was apparently indecisive. The four-Test series was to begin on December 17, and there was the crucial question of quarantine due to Covid-19.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
However, words of motivation from Kohli, Arun, and Shastri, made Siraj stay back in Australia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Siraj bagged five wickets for 77 runs on his Test debut in the second Test in Melbourne. And in his third match, he captured a five-wicket innings haul in Australia's second innings in the fourth and final Test in Brisbane. India won that match and registered a historic 2-1 series triumph.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the early hours of Thursday, Siraj, 27, left for England with the Indian team for the World Test Championship final against New Zealand and a five-Test series against host England.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Siraj has so far captured 16 wickets in five Tests and three wickets in three T20 Internationals.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2021\/06\/how-ravi-shastri-encouraged-mohammed-siraj-after-his-fathers-death.jpg", "alt_img": "Cricket Image for How Ravi Shastri Encouraged Mohammed Siraj After His Father's Death ", "alt_title": "Mohammed Siraj and Ravi Shastri", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "How Ravi Shastri Encouraged Mohammed Siraj After His Father's Death On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "Mohammad Siraj has revealed that a few words of support and encouragement from India team coach Ravi Shastri in Australia.", "seo_keywords": "Ravi Shastri, Mohammed Siraj", "tag": "", "tagging": "Ravi Shastri,Mohammed Siraj,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "how-ravi-shastri-encouraged-mohammed-siraj-after-his-fathers-death", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "2017", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2021-06-04 08:19:34", "updated": "2021-06-04 08:19:34", "img_from": "Image Source: Google", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": "Mohammed Siraj, Ravi Shastri, Siraj Shastri, Siraj, Siraj Father, India, Virat Kohli", "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "1", "google_feed": "1", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "12", "jio_date": "2021-06-04 08:19:34", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2021-06-04 08:19:34", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "england_cricket": "0", "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/how-ravi-shastri-encouraged-mohammed-siraj-after-his-fathers-death-77261" }