“Mujhe Kyu…”: Mohammed Siraj Shocks Ex-Staff RCB In 1st Match After Not Getting Retained, Web Reacts | Cricket Information

Mohammed Siraj, in his first match in opposition to former group Royal Challengers Bengaluru after not getting retained forward of the IPL 2025 public sale, breathed fireplace for Gujarat Titans on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday. In a terrific spell of quick bowling, Mohammed Siraj surprised RCB as he scalped Devdutt Padikkal and Phil Salt within the Powerplay. Siraj was a part of RCB for seven years. After he was picked by GT within the IPL 2025 public sale, Siraj wrote an emotional word for RCB followers: “From the primary ball I bowled in RCB colors, to each wicket taken, each match performed, each second shared with you, the journey has been nothing in need of extraordinary.”

Commenting on the Salt dismissal by Siraj, GT wrote on X: “Stumps to Siraj tonight  – Mujhe Kyu Toda?” 

Stumps to Siraj tonight – ? pic.twitter.com/9HUb5mfohS

— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) April 2, 2025

A Phil Salt orbiter

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It is all occurring in Bengaluru

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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 2, 2025

SIRAJ ON FIRE AT THE CHINNASWAMY.

– That is class bowling. pic.twitter.com/dryaCw4fyn

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 2, 2025

Uncapped fast-bowling all-rounder Arshad Khan is available in for quick bowler Kagiso Rabada as Gujarat Titans received the toss and elected to bowl first in opposition to an unchanged Royal Challengers Bengaluru in match 14 of IPL 2025 on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday. Wednesday’s match can also be desk toppers, RCB’s first residence recreation and fourth ranked GT’s maiden away recreation of the continuing season. After successful the toss, GT skipper mentioned Rabada is unavailable for the conflict resulting from private causes, paving the way in which for Arshad to return into the enjoying eleven.

“Appears like a very good wicket. We have seen the situations do not change a lot. We’re all about decreasing our unforced errors throughout all departments. We’ll attempt to finetune the areas that want it,” he mentioned.

RCB skipper Rajat Patidar, who acquired a large cheer from the packed crowd within the stadium, mentioned, he would’ve bowled first as nicely as a result of pitch being recent. “It is fairly exhausting and will not change a lot. The way in which boys are chipping in offers loads of confidence as a captain. We love this crowd. The way in which they love us and the assist we have all the time obtained is unbelievable,” he mentioned.

Pitch quantity six is getting used for Wednesday’s match, a floor which wasn’t used final 12 months. As per the pitch report by the broadcasters, the wicket appears fairly dry but agency, however can have good bounce. The sq. boundaries stand at 68m and 61m respectively, whereas the straight boundary is at 73m.

Taking part in XIs

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (captain), B Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, R Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, and Ishant Sharma

Substitutes: Sherfane Rutherford, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, and Washington Sundar

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, and Yash Dayal

Substitutes: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, and Swapnil Singh

With IANS inputs