Pat Cummins dismisses Indian reporter's inquiry about Siraj's accusation against Travis Head: 'I've addressed it'
Cummins was bombarded with questions during the post-match press conference, but it was cl...
Cummins was bombarded with questions during the post-match press conference, but it was clear that he had reached his limit when the issue of Siraj accusing Head of lying came up. "I believe we have already addressed that issue," Cummins replied to an Indian journalist before abruptly ending the conference and walking away.
The whole matter started with Siraj dismissing Head after the latter blasted 140 runs in just 141 balls in an innings that took the match away from India. India ended up losing the Test by 10 wickets and Australia maintained their dominance pink-ball Tests played in Adelaide. Siraj gave Head a send-off, and the batter responded with a verbal volley of his own.
In the press conference at the end of the day, Head revealed that he said "well bowled" to Siraj after which the Indian pacer gave him an angry send-off which irked him. "It probably [went] a little bit far, that's why I'm disappointed in the reaction I gave back but I'm also going to stand up for myself. Like to think in our team we wouldn't do that. [It's] not the way I'd like to play the game and feel like my team-mates are the same. If I see that, I probably call it out, which I did," said Head.
Siraj, however, said that Head didn't complement him for his bowling at all. "It was a great battle going on [with Head] and he batted really well," Siraj told Star Sports Hindi before the third day's play. "When you get hit for a six on a good ball, it fires you up differently. And when I bowled him, I just celebrated and he abused me and you saw that on TV too. I only celebrated at the start, I didn't say anything to him. What he said in the press conference wasn't right, it's a lie that he said 'well bowled' to me. It's there for everyone to see that that's not what he said to me.
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