Mohammed Siraj has cemented his place in the Indian National cricket side on the back of strong performances in home conditions and on overseas soil, but his journey to where he has reached now hasn’t alway been easy.

Siraj reflected on the extremely harsh criticism he was subject to when things weren’t going his way a couple of years ago as online trolls took unsavoury digs at the seamer.

Siraj’s late father used to drive an auto rickshaw during his time, and some people took that as an opportunity to slandered the seamer on his sub-par days with the ball.

“The trolling was bad. When you perform, the fans and the world will be with you and say ‘there is no bowler like Siraj’. In the next game, if you don’t perform, they will say, ‘Arre, what sort of bowler is this. Go and ride the auto

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