"What Is Happening?": Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri Slam Mohammed Siraj For 'Ball Throwing' Row During WTC Final

09.06.2023 - 07:13 sports.ndtv.com

Mohammed Siraj courted controversy on Day 2 of the World Test Championship (WTC) Final against Australia at The Oval when he threw the ball towards Steve Smith's direction in a bizarre incident.

Smith started the day on 95 and was able to reach his century with two consecutive boundaries off the pacer's bowling. On the fourth ball of the over, Smith moved away from the stumps just before the ball was bowled due to some issue with the spider cam but Siraj went ahead and threw the ball straight.

Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar was not pleased with the incident and he made his views clear on commentary. "What is happening?

I mean these are the second and third deliveries of the day,” Gavaskar remarked. Former India head coach Ravi Shastri also took Smith's side and said that he had “every right” to move away before the delivery was bowled. "Steve Smith is just backing away.

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