During the exciting contest between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) a♑nd Rajasthan Royals (RR), RCB fast bowler Mohammed Siraj was seen using cuss words against a fellow teammate Mahipal Lomror after a missed run out.
It all happened on the penultimate over of the Royals’ innings when they were getting closer to the target, and things began to heat up at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Dhruv Jurel hit Siraj’s short delivery, and after completing the single, Ravichandran Ashwin, who was at the other end, ran for a double.
Lomror quickly retrieved the ball, but his throw to Siraj was awkward, resulting in Siraj accidentally kicking over the stumps. Siraj was frustrated with Lomror’s throw and responded by verbally abusing him. However, Lomror remained unperturbed and returned to his fielding position for the 20th over.
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In a match review video released on RCB’s official YouTube channel, Siraj disclosed that he has apologised to Lomror for his actions on the field.
“I am so angry, man. Sorry. I have apologized to him twice already. I don’t carry the aggression off the field. It all calms down post the match,” said Siraj.
Exhibiting sportsmanship, Lomror graciously accepted Siraj’s apology and added that such minor occurrences are common during matches. He said: “It’s alright, Siraj bhai. Such small things keep happening in such big matches.”
Speaking about the match, RCB triumphed over RR by a margin of seven runs in the match. After setting a total of 189/9 on the scoreboard, thanks to excellent performances from Glenn Maxwell (77 off 44) and Faf du Plessis (62 off 39), Bangalore batted first. Despite putting up a good fight, RR was held to a score of 182/6 ꦬin their chase.
