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‘One day they call you the future of India, the next day they tell you to drive auto’: Siraj opens up on social media trolling

IPL 2023: Mohammed Siraj says the abusive messages on social media platforms kill your motivation.

In a video that went viral, Kohli and du Plessis can be seen at the enterance of Siraj's house. (FILE)

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IPL 2023: India and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pacer has opened up on the vitriolic trolling he receives on the various platforms and how it kills his motivation.

“It is easy to write abuses,” Siraj said on RCB Podcast. “But you don’t know anything about his struggle. How can you abuse someone, then? Those messages kill your motivation. A guy is getting abused for no reason at all. Why? What’s next?”

“One day they call you the future of India, the next day, they claim you are nothing and should drive an auto. I don’t understand this,” Siraj said.

“When you perform well, people start praising you so much, You are such a good bowler, next level. When I was retained, it was called as best retention. Now they question why I was retained. There was no need for you to be retained. You aren’t good enough to play cricket,” he added.

Siraj thanked the fans for their constant support but advised them of abusing anyone.

“Thank you for all the support but don’t abuse anyone. Ups and downs are part of life. That’s all I can say. The rest is up to you. You are aware of our struggle and still behave like that with us. That doesn’t affect us much, but as a human, all I can ask from you is respect everyone,” he said.

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