New Delhi: The announcement of the Indian Group for the Champions Trophy 2025 raised several eyebrows because Mohammed Siraj could not find a place. A 31 -year -old played a key role in the brilliant Indian display during the ODI World Cup and created an excellent partnership with Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah. India Rohit Sharma’s captain said the decision to abandon Siraj was influenced by its reduced effectiveness as the ball aged.
While IPL 2025 provided the opportunity to demonstrate a point, Siraj was introduced with a strict challenge that appeared as a pack leader. RCB decided to release Siraj for IPL 2025 auction, where GT was selected for Rs 12.25 crore. There were questions about whether Pacer could hold his own in a new environment after the championship trophy.
While the 31 -year -old cricket chose 15 goals on average 33.07 and the economy rate of 9.19 in the previous season, already recorded nine on average 13.78 and the economic rate of 7.75 in IPL 2025.
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Siraj won the “Player of the Match” in the last iPL 2025 GT match against SRH and recorded his best characters in IPL 4/17. This meant the second consecutive instance, when he was named the player’s player after registering the magic of 3/19 against his old RCB team in the previous match. IPL 2025 refers to the first season, where Pacer was twice appointed “match player”.
“I couldn’t spend it at first. When you are not selected in the Indian team, it goes through it to you if you are good enough, but I wanted to be ready for IPL,” Siraj said, discussing his thinking after the champion trophies. “When you do exactly what you want to do, that’s when you are upstairs. When the ball listens to you and does exactly what you want, it gives a different feeling. I played the matches consistently, so I didn’t realize the mistakes I did. I focused on bowling during the break and the ball now,” he added.
One of the main factors after the current success of Pacer is hard work through strong and thin after drop. “Siraj said,” I could play in the champions trophy trophy, but I think they want to give the game to others. This time I will use to focus on my fitness and constantly practice, “said a close friend of cricket Mohammed Kaleem during an exclusive interaction with Timesofindia.com.
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“There are two to three cricket areas in Hyderabad. He worked on a certain aspect during the day and was a special concentration on the improvement of his technique at night. Siraj was always fearless and confident as cricket. to release.
The 31 -year -old coach of Kriketer Kriketer Kudaravalli Srinivas further emphasized Siraj’s mental transformation as the main factor of his success.
“Siraj has always been someone who respects seniors and follows the decision of the captain or team leadership. However, he was a machine before that he would simply follow orders.
“Siraj knows all the weaknesses of the batter and focuses on their exploitation. Added.
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