“Small grounds and flat tracks”: Indian fast bowler’s fiery statement on IPL run celebration cricket news

Royal Challengers Bangalore fast bowler Mohammed Siraj on Sunday lamented the lack of support to bowlers in T20 cricket, saying small grounds and flat pitches are making scores of over 250 common. The 250-run mark has been breached eight times in this IPL as the batsmen have adopted an ultra-aggressive approach, making full use of the ‘impact player’ rule and flat surfaces. “Look, cricket is really different nowadays, now 250-260 runs are scored in every second match, earlier 250 was a rare thing,” Siraj said after RCB chased down the 201-run target set by Gujarat Titans in 16 overs. Said.

“There is no help for the bowlers, small grounds and flat wickets, no swing in the ball, so there are a lot of variations. Bowlers can just keep playing and keep getting hit.” Life has been tough for the bowlers, especially in this IPL as teams have tried to hit big hits to keep the run-rate high even after the powerplay.

“As a bowler, you have to maintain self-confidence. I have seen a lot of ups and downs in life, so if 1-2 matches don’t go in my favor I don’t give up. I am looking for a comeback ” Siraj said.

“After a month, there’s the World Cup… so I tell myself that if I get hit on a good ball, it’s okay, but I need to keep bowling less bad balls. I’ve really had a lot of trouble in this IPL. Haven’t bowled badly.” Now 40 runs (in the quota of four overs) is normal in T20 cricket. Siraj, who has taken six wickets in nine IPL matches so far, said that luck plays a big role in T20 cricket but he tries to maintain a steady mindset.

“T20 is all about luck, you don’t get wickets on good balls and sometimes even on full tosses you get wickets. So luck matters a lot. I keep working on my flaws during training. Am.

“My mindset is always that I am the best bowler, when I go out on the field my attitude and mindset remains the same and that helps my execution.”

“Winning all the games is the only possibility to qualify”

Gujarat Titans suffered their third defeat in the last four matches but Sai Sudarshan said that while there is nothing wrong in it, as a team they have to win all the games here to have a chance to qualify.

“I don’t think there are many things going wrong. As a team we are definitely performing well. It’s just the result. If we had won this game, maybe a lot of things would have gone good. We are getting better.” And are performing well.” ) The next game is very important,” said Sudarshan, who scored 84 off 49 balls.

GT are now seventh in the IPL standings with eight points.

“I think winning all the games is the only possibility we can see. But I think taking it game by game, getting better from this game. There were a lot of positives in this game as well. To qualify It’s a little long to think about, so we just have to play the way we want.” The left-handed batsman said that the pitch became easier with time which helped RCB chase the target without much fuss.

“Like after 10-15 overs when we were batting, it got a bit better because when we started playing, the wicket was a bit damp, but eventually it got better under the lights. During RCB’s innings , apparently, it remained the same.”