A fan pointed out the mistake to Gilchrist, and the legend apologized right away.
Australia’s legendary wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist was quick to rectify a mistake he made regarding India’s Mohammed Siraj and Navdeep Saini. The gaffe happened during the ongoing first ODI between Australia and India in Sydney, on Nov 27.
During his commentary stint, Adam Gilchrist had mistakenly mentioned on-air that Navdeep Saini had lost his father earlier this month. A fan pointed it out to Gilchrist on Twitter and he immediately rectified the mistake by saying that he was 'mistaken' in his mention as it was Mohammed Siraj who had lost his father due to illness after he arrived in Australia.
“Yes, thanks @anshu2912. I realize I was mistaken in my mention. Huge apologies for my error, to both @navdeepsaini96 and Mohammed Siraj," Gilchrist wrote in his social media post.
New Zealand pacer Mitchell McClenaghan also pointed the mistake out to Fox Cricket and Gilchrist acknowledged it again.
BCCI had given Siraj the option of coming back to India to attend the funeral of his father, but he decided to stay put in Australia and continue training with the rest of his Indian teammates. He has been picked for the Test squad for the first time on the back of an impressive IPL 2020 performance.