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MOHAMMED
Siraj

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Role :

Bowler

Batting Style :

Right-hand Bat

Bowling Style :

Right-arm Medium Fast

DOB :

Mar 13, 1994

Mohammed Siraj's rise as a seamer was remarkably swift. The son of an autorickshaw driver in Hyderabad, he only began playing the game in class seven. It was in 2015 that he first bowled with a cricket ball. In 2017, he bagged an IPL contract worth INR 2.6 crore. Months later, he was wearing an India shirt and bowling in a T20 international against New Zealand.Sturdy and athletic, Siraj has a deceptive run-up, which initially suggests that a left-arm bowler is steaming in. He is, however, a right-armer and by his own admission is a natural at getting the ball to swing into the right-hander. He has always been able to bowl a pretty quick bouncer though, something that had impressed his captain David Warner and team mentor VVS Laxman in the Sunrisers Hyderabad set-up. Potential translated to performance when he was his state's highest wicket-taker playing only his second season of Ranji Trophy - 41 wickets in nine matches. He was subsequently picked to play for the Rest of India and was brought on board by the India A team as well for a tour of South Africa in July-August 2017. The step up to the big league arrived soon after.

Career Statistics

Batting & Fielding

Mat Inn No Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s CT ST

Test

18 25 10 79 16* 5.27 170 46.47 0 0 9 2 9 0

ODI

24 10 5 30 9 6.00 64 46.88 0 0 2 0 5 0

T20I

8 1 0 5 5 5.00 7 71.43 0 0 1 0 2 0

Bowling Stats

Mat Inn Balls Runs WKTS BBM Ave Econ SR 4W 5W

Test

18 33 2686 1471 47 8/126 31.30 3.29 57.15 3 1

ODI

24 24 1118 891 43 4/32 20.72 4.78 26.00 2 0

T20I

8 8 192 294 11 4/17 26.73 9.19 17.45 1 0