How did Indian fast bowler Muhammad Siraj travel from zero to become a hero?

Indian cricket team fast bowler Mohammad Siraj has revealed that he started his cricket career as a batsman and there was a time during the lockdown when he decided to quit cricket.

Keep in mind that it was Mohammad Siraj’s smoky bowling that helped India easily win the Isha Cup 2023 title, after which the young bowler made a splash in the neighboring country, but do you know that he made a hero from zero? How did the journey to become

According to Indian media reports, there was a time when the Indian player faced difficult situations even Siraj, the son of a rickshaw driver, did not have enough money to buy shoes for himself, he used to play cricket wearing slippers.

Also, he revealed in one of his interviews that many people don’t know that I started cricket as a batsman, but started fast bowling many years later.

According to media reports, during the interview, Muhammad Siraj was asked how many difficulties he faced in reaching this position, on which the fast bowler told his story that his mother used to say that his elder brother is an engineer, so where did he wander? It has been, because instead of going to college, I went straight to play cricket, which was complained about on phone calls to my mother from the college.

According to Muhammad Siraj, he was very afraid of his mother and whenever there was a complaint, he would enter the house only when his father reached home, because he used to save her from beating him, he used to scold him a lot for mistakes. was beating

During the interview, the Indian cricketer while talking about the financial situation of his family said that father used to drive an auto rickshaw, gave my brother one hundred rupees per day because he went to study engineering college while I got 70 rupees as pocket money out of which It used to cost 40 rupees for petrol.

Siraj said that where I used to go for practice, other players would come in Mercedes and other vehicles but I was the only one who would push my bike to the ground.

According to the Indian fast bowler, rich boys looked at me strangely.

During the interview, the host asked Muhammad Siraj that I think you didn’t even start bowling until 2015, so at what age did you start fast bowling? Answering this, the Indian cricketer said that I started fast bowling at the age of 16, playing fast bowling in the street with a tennis ball.

Mohammad Siraj also revealed that at that time he used to play cricket wearing slippers, because even buying shoes required money and I only got 70 rupees as pocket money, how could shoes be included in it?

He laughed and said that if he used to talk about buying shoes, shoes would be left at home and the family members would say that one is wandering and asking for shoes from above.

The fast bowler while narrating a story of his bowling performance said that at the age of 19, he bowled fast for the first time in a tennis ball tournament, he had no idea about in-swing and out-swing, and took 5 wickets in the first match of the tournament. .

According to Mohammad Siraj, he bought shoes for himself for the first time with the prize money received from this match.

The Indian fast bowler further said that when I was selected in the IPL, I decided to buy a house first, because I had no interest in cars etc. When I got home, I felt so relieved and thought that I had accomplished something in life.

According to Muhammad Siraj, during the lockdown, my financial conditions had deteriorated to such an extent that I had decided that I would play cricket for one year, if it turned out well, then fine, otherwise I would quit cricket and take any job anywhere. , worked so hard during the lockdown that the performance turned out well.

About getting fame, the Indian fast bowler said that many times while reading the national anthem at the beginning of the match, one realizes where we have been and where we have come from. I feel very proud.