In IPL 2024, Mohammed Siraj hasn’t been amongst the wickets for Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Zaheer Khan, the former India left-arm fast-bowlers, believes it is a matter of him finding the zone in terms of preparation and game time to be back at his best version.
IPL 2023 saw Siraj pick 19 wickets in 14 matches at an average of 19.73 and economy rate of 7.5, with ten scalps coming in power-play. But in the ongoing tournament, Siraj hasn’t been able to reach those heights, picking four wickets in six innings at an average of 57.25 and economy rate of 10.40.
His power-play numbers have plummeted too – picking just one wicket at an Economy Rate of 12.3. Siraj was even left out of RCB’s match against Sunrisers Hyderabad earlier this week, but Zaheer feels Siraj should partner with fast-bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah in the T20 World Cup, starting from June 1 in the West Indies and USA.
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“Siraj is someone who’s been doing very well and it’s just demands of the format right now that at times, one can have a lean patch. It might also be a product of teams not winning games and it’s just that the frustration of it is getting to you, leading to move away from the processes.”
“But for him, it is going to be as simple as possible if he needs to get back to his potent best. He needs to think about wickets, attack those stumps, bowl as fast as possible, look for that early swing – all of this we have seen are a part of his success formula.”
“For him, its just about finding that zone again with regards to preparation, game time and getting right up there. I still feel he should be a part of T20 World Cup because Shami not being available, it becomes about how to use a certain resource and with regard to that, he’s right up there,” said Zaheer, an IPL expert with JioCinema, the official streaming partner of IPL 2024, in a select virtual interaction.
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