New Delhi: Mohammed Siraj was ready to pack his bags and leave for Spain to watch Real Madrid face Real Sociedad in La Liga when he got an unexpected call from India skipper Suryakumar Yadav.

He was told to drop his plans to fly out for the La Liga game and instead reach Mumbai to replace the injured Harshi Rana in India’s T20 World Cup squad.

“‘Miaan bags pack kaar aur aaja (Pack your bags and come (to Mumbai),’ Surya bhai said. I told him ‘Bhai mazaak maat karo kyon ki yeh to honewala hain nahi (Brother please don’t joke as this won’t happen)’. But he said ‘mai sach keh raha hoon, ready ho ja’ (I am telling you the........

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