Delhi: In matches played till April 7 this season, in the points table, one of the reasons for the better position of Gujarat Titans is the bowling of the team’s new pacer Mohammad Siraj. One of the few old players who have managed to improve their career profiles due to the performance of this season. In the April 6 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad, took 4 wickets, the player of the match and the special record was that not only did not only complete 100 wickets in the IPL, also set their best bowling record (4/17) in the tournament.
IPL records at this time:
Siraj took 102 wickets in 97 matches at 8.61 economy rate in which 4 wickets took 3 times. Not only his best IPL performance, even for Gujarat Titans, his 4/17 is the best ‘Ave performance’ of any bowler. He broke Rashid Khan’s record of 2022.
The 26th bowler to take 100 wickets in the IPL and the special thing is that 42 of these have been taken in the powerplay, which is the gesture of their impact with the new ball. This season was 9 wickets in 4 matches and that too when there was no wicket in the first match against Punjab Kings. The IPL career started in 2017 (with Sunrisers Hyderabad), despite a base price of just Rs 20 lakhs, with a contract of Rs 2.6 crore and a contract of Rs 12.25 crore with a base price of Rs 2 crore before IPL 2025. Along with this, it has also come to prove that the new team did not make any mistake, purchasing them.
Answers to questions raised on ‘Asar’
All this happened in a career at the point where there was a dire need for a lifeline. On the one hand, the previous team RCB did not retain, on the other hand, not only was dismissed from the Champions Trophy team, Rohit Sharma also put a question mark on his ‘Asar’. In such a situation, the performance of IPL 2025 has brought a new and passionate Mohammad Siraj. After RCB’s jersey was snatched away, a great performance, especially against his previous team, gave him a chance to make a lot of headlines on social media. So what happened is that there is such a change in Siraj’s performance?
Vikram Solanki, a cricket director of Gujarat Titans and playing for England, gave the most correct answer to this question and he considers the guidance of Chief Coach Ashish Nehra to be the most special for new diversity and impact in Siraj’s bowling. The work of the coach has returned to confidence in the players so that they can give their own better and the same has happened with Siraj.
This is what some special records of Siraj tell:
Man of the Match Award received so far in IPL:
- For RCB – 3 in 87 matches
Sunrisers for Hyderabad – 1 in 6 matches
For GT – 2 in 4 matches - The first player to win 2 man of the match award in this season
- 2021+2022+2023+2024 season – 2 Man of the Match Award
Last 2 Match – 2 Man of the Match Award - Two of their top 5 performances in the IPL are of this season:
- 4/17 against SRH and 3/19 against RCB
The truth is also that in the discussion of Mohammad Siraj’s ‘return’ in IPL 2025, the West Indies fast bowler and ‘Cricket Pandit’ Ian Bishop at this time says that Siraj has gone beyond Mohammad Shami in terms of influence in white ball cricket.
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