Mohammed Siraj posts EPIC Instagram story on Cristiano Ronaldo as he scores 63rd hat-trick

India's journey to the 2023 Asia Cup will begin within a week. The Men in Blue will face Pakistan on September 2 in their group opener. India's Asia Cup campaign will continue against Nepal in the last group round encounter. Following the final game of the competition on September 17, 2023, the team is scheduled for the ICC One-Day International World Cup in October.

3 things you need to know 

• Mohammed Siraj is named in India’s Asia Cup 2023 squad
• Mohammed Siraj is a huge Cristiano Ronaldo fan 
• Siraj has done Cr7’s famous “Siuu” celebrations during his cricket matches 

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Mohammed Siraj witnesses his GOAT’s  hattrick in the Saudi Pro League

Indian fast bowler Mohammed Siraj is named in India’s squad for the Asia Cup 2023. The fast bowler rested in the ODI and T20I series against the West Indies. However, as the Asia Cup starts soon, the player has been consuming the right sports content before the big stage.

Siraj is a huge fan of Cristiano Ronaldo, and he recently posted an Instagram story about his idol. On Friday in the Saudi Pro League, Al-Nassr defeated Al Fateh by a score of 5-0. After appearing devastated in the previous week's match against Shabab Al-Ahil, Cristiano Ronaldo showed delight after performing at his best levels. In the match against Al Fateh, the 38-year-old scored his 63rd career hat trick.  After the match was over Siraj reshared Al-Nassr’s post and captioned it with #63GOAT, congratulating the Portuguese for 63 career hattrick.

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(Siraj's Instagram story, Image: Instagram/ Mohammed Siraj)

Mohammed Siraj’s stats for India

In Test cricket, Siraj has played 21 matches for India and has recorded 59 wickets. Talking about the ODIs, Siraj has played 24 matches and taken 43 wickets. In T20Is he has played only 8 matches so far and taken 11 wickets for Team India. He is very much anticipated to be included in the Staring XI for India in their first Asia Cup match.  Team India will be facing Pakistan on September 2, 2023. The squad for the Asia Cup was announced on Monday, August 21, 2023. 

Squad for the Asia Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna Traveling stand-by player: Sanju Samson