Indian cricket fans are quite fickle with their emotions, especially on social media. One match-catching performance and a player becomes the next big thing while it takes one mistake for them to unleash the fury.

In the past, India fast bowler Mohammed Siraj has faced the wrath of fans on social media. He copped plenty of abuse and distasteful comments after RCB were knocked out of the IPL 2022 with a seven-wicket defeat at the hands of Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2.

“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?"

The right-arm pacer recalled how he was labelled as the future of Indian bowling by fans to being asked to leave cricket and drive an auto instead within a matter of days,

“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 stated.

He added, “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."

While Siraj thanked the fans for their support, he advised them against 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. Rest is up to you. You are aware of our struggle still you 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.