After Mohammad Siraj’s brilliant bowling, Jos Buttler’s explosive batting helped Gujarat Titans beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 wickets. Chasing the target of 170 runs, Gujarat won in 17.5 overs. Mohammad Siraj was chosen as the best player of the match for his brilliant bowling, he also made a record in this match and left former player Zaheer Khan behind.
RCB did not have a good start while batting first. Virat Kohli was out after scoring 7 runs in the second over. He was dismissed by Arshad Khan. In the third over, Mohammad Siraj dismissed Devdutt Padikkal (4) cheaply. In his next (5th) over, he also gave relief to Gujarat by sending a dangerous batsman like Phil Salt (14) to the pavilion early. He took the third wicket of Liam Livingstone in the 19th over, who played the highest score (54) for RCB. Siraj took 3 wickets in a spell of 4 overs while giving only 19 runs.
Most IPL wickets at M Chinnaswamy Stadium
Mohammad Siraj has surpassed Zaheer Khan in terms of taking the most wickets at M Chinnaswamy Stadium during IPL, he has become the first fast bowler to take the most IPL wickets on this ground. However, there is only one bowler ahead of him and that is spinner Yuzvendra Chahal. Chahal has taken 52 wickets in 42 matches. Siraj now has 29 wickets in 22 matches, Zaheer Khan had taken 28 wickets in 26 matches.
This is the first time that Siraj has bowled 2 batsmen in a match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. He bowled Phil Salt and Devdutt Padikkal in the match played on Wednesday.
RCB lost first position
After this defeat, Royal Challengers Bangalore has slipped from first to third position in the points table. This is RCB’s first defeat in 3 matches. While Gujarat Titans is still at the fourth position despite the win. Punjab Kings has reached the first position and Delhi Capitals has reached the second position.
