“I was having a lot of pain in my stomach”: Mohammed Siraj’s big revelation after RCB’s win over GT. cricket news

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) fast bowler Mohammed Siraj revealed that he was suffering from severe stomach pain ahead of his team’s Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Gujarat Titans (GT) on Saturday, but he still played in the ICC T20. Played games with the World Cup tournament. His mind and with “the power of the Almighty”. Siraj played a key role in RCB’s four-wicket win over GT in Bengaluru on Saturday. His spell of 2/29 played a crucial role in bowling out GT for 148, which RCB achieved with 38 balls to spare.

Speaking with teammate Yash Dayal in an IPL video, Siraj said, “I thought I wouldn’t be able to play the game today. I had a lot of stomach pain and diarrhea so I thought there was no chance of me playing.” Is.” I am playing. But I thought since there is T20 World Cup around (from June 1 in West Indies and USA), it would be very important for me to get game time and good intensity but maybe Almighty has given me strength.”

In 10 matches of IPL 2024, Siraj has taken eight wickets at an average of 44.00, with a best bowling performance of 2/26.

The fast bowler also talked about his relationship with star batsman Virat Kohli and how it helps him in bowling. He said that good communication with a legend like Virat reduces half the difficulty for the bowlers.

“Virat has known me for eight years now and he always gives advice on what to do in a particular situation. He also asks me as a bowler what I am thinking about what can be done and the same. Let me execute my plans accordingly. When you have good communication with such a legend of the game, half the difficulty as a bowler is reduced immediately,” he said.

Siraj praised Yash for bowling with the new ball and said that his performance will boost his confidence a lot.

“Yash was very good for Gujarat too and he has come here and performed consistently. He bowls well with the new ball and that will boost his confidence a lot. When you perform in difficult conditions, it boosts your confidence.” As a bowler,” he said.

In 10 matches of IPL 2024, Dayal has taken 10 wickets at an average of 33.80, with best bowling figures of 2/21.

Dayal also said that the confidence he got from domestic cricket remains intact.

He concluded, “I was watching while fielding to see where they were hitting their shots. So setting up the field against him, I backed myself to execute my plans and they succeeded well.”

Talking about the match, RCB won the toss and decided to bowl first. At one time GT was 19/3. Then, a 61-run partnership between Shahrukh Khan (37 from 24 balls, with five fours and one six) and David Miller (30 from 20 balls, with two fours and two sixes) allowed GT to make a brief comeback. Helped in.

RCB continued to take regular wickets and once again reduced GT to 87/5. Then, a 44-run partnership between Rahul Tewatia (35 from 21 balls, with five fours and a six) and Rashid Khan (18 from 14 balls, with two fours and a six) took GT past the 100-run mark. Delivered. RCB bowled out GT for 147 runs in 19.3 overs.

Yash Dayal (2/21), Vijaykumar Vishak (2/23) and Mohammed Siraj (2/29) were among the top bowlers for RCB. Cameron Green and Karn Sharma took one wicket each.

While chasing the target, RCB made a great start with Faf du Plessis (64 from 23 balls, with the help of 10 fours and three sixes) and Virat Kohli (42 from 27 balls, with the help of two fours and four sixes) and scored 92. Shared runs. ,

After this, RCB lost its way due to brilliant spells from Joshua Little (4/45) and Noor Ahmed (2/23). However, Dinesh Karthik (21*) and Swapnil Singh (15*) helped the team win by four wickets with 38 balls remaining.

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