Harbhajan Singh's 'DSP Sahab' joke in the midst of Mohammed Siraj-Travis Head controversy steals the show: 'Giraftaar kar lena'

Before the start of play on Day 3, Siraj refused to acknowledge Head's compliment of "well bowled" and accused the Australian middle-order batsman of "lying". The Indian pacer later appeared on the Star Sports broadcast where he gave an interview to Harbhajan.

In the end, Harbhajan ended up giving a piece of advice to Siraj, who recently was appointed as the Deputy Superintendent of Police in his home state of Telangana.

“DSP saab, jab yeh dubara Hyderabad aayenge na toh usko thoda giraftaar kar lena (when he comes to Hyderabad to play in the IPL, try and arrest him)," Harbhajan jokingly told Siraj, prompting the latter to laugh out aloud.

“I am just joking. I wish you all the best," he added.

For the uninitiated, Travis Head plays for SunRisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

While speaking to Harbhajan Singh, Mohammed Siraj claimed that Head never said 'well bowled' to him. He also accused the Australian batter of lying and saying the wrong thing.

"I was enjoying bowling to him, it was a good battle. He batted well. At the end of the day, as a bowler when he hits you for six of your good ball, something stirs in the blood, inside you, the passion rises," said Siraj.

"I was just celebrating but his abuse can be seen on television. If you see, at the start I didn’t say a word. Later, at the press conference, he said wrong things – he claimed he said “well bowled” to me; but that’s a lie. There was no ‘well bowled’ that I could see," he added.

India went down to Australia in the Adelaide Test by ten wickets. The visitors were not able to show any fight with the bat on Day 3 and in the end, Rohit Sharma's side was bundled out for 175 in the second innings, setting a target of 19 for Australia.

Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSweeney took just 3.2 overs to help Australia cross the line and level the five-match series.