When Siraj and Sai silenced Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Siraj went Siraj. It had been an eventful overthe fifth of the first innings. He could have had Phil Salt on all on himself if he was teased by a whisker. He then saw the ball being smashed out of the ground, forcing it to be changed.

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Siraj wasn't happy with the replacement ball that came and he then resolved to coax the Gujarat Titans players to get going as they mulled around complaining. They had good reason to feel a little peeved for the ball that had gone out of the ground then had otherwise worked magically for the Titans in the Powerplay, and particularly so for Siraj. He had seen one skid past Devdutt Padikkal, rapped Rajat Patidar on his pad and was reassuringly finding his rhythm until that six and the ball change.

Although a little peeved, Siraj had his eyes on the ball very full 144kph hit the best path and seen the stumps clattering. Stun. Went Siraj, and silenced the RCB crowd that had once cheered their hearts out for this very gimmick when he was donning their colours. He had given them enough reason to. Particularly in Powerplay on an unforgiving ground for bowlers.

Siraj held his own as the numbers below tell.

Siraj bowling in Overs 1-6 in IPL since 2021: