RCB pacer Mohammed Siraj has continued his storming form in the powerplay, and against the CSK, he got the big fish of the in-form Ruturaj Gaikwad, at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium.
This was a big scalp taken by Siraj as Gaikwad has been in superb form in the tournament and had been averaging 65 in his first 4 innings. Hence, the aggressive, usually energetic celebration was not surprising from RCB Speedster.
On the second ball of his second over, he bowled a full-length delivery on Gaikwad’s pads. In drifted in and the batter flicked it on the leg-side. The ball went with the angle and to the left of the fine-leg fielder. Wayne Parnell, at fine leg, had to take a few steps to his left and he bent low to complete a good catch under pressure.
Siraj burst into a cheerful, loud, animated, strong celebration. The ever-energetic Kohli too let out a loud shout, corresponding to Siraj. And so the Chinnaswamy stadium.
Watch: Mohammed Siraj dismisses Gaikad early, brings out a loud celebration
Mohammed Siraj has been excellent with the new ball in the IPL 2023: 4 out of his 8 wickets so far in the competition have come in the powerplay with the new ball. This transformation of Siraj as a lethal, potent new ball weapon is highly beneficial for RCB and for India.
Meanwhile, earlier, Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to field first against CSK. RCB didn’t make any changes while for CSK, Pathirana comes in for the injured Magala.
Teams:
CSK (Playing XI): Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
RCB (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Wayne Parnell, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj
