Mohammed Siraj after no cricket since the Border-Gavaskar Trophy apart from a match in Ranji Trophy, has taken to bowling for a new side in the ongoing IPL like fish to water. Following a Player of the Match performance for the Gujarat Titans against his former side Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on a ground where he bowled for the better part of the last seven seasons, Siraj achieved his best figures in the IPL at his home ground in Hyderabad, dismantling the famed batting line-up of the Orange Army on Sunday, April 6.
Siraj potentially killed the game in the powerplay for the Gujarat Titans sending back both the SRH openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma before ending up with figures of 4/17, his best in the IPL history while completing a century of wickets in the tournament. Siraj’s 4/17 was also the best figures by a Gujarat Titans bowler at a ground not named Narendra Modi Stadium. While Mohit Sharma’s 5/10 are the best figures by a GT bowler in the IPL, Siraj took the cake for away from home, surpassing Rashid Khan’s 4/24 in Pune in 2022.
Siraj’s figures were also the best by a GT bowler against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the fourth year running for the franchise as he went past Mohammed Shami’s 4/21.
