Gujarat Titans’ star fast bowler Mohammed Siraj suffered a serious injury as the shoulder of his bowling arm was pulled for the third consecutive over during the powerplay.
Gujarat Titans are facing Rajasthan Royals in the Qualifier 2 match of IPL 2026. Mohammed Siraj was handed the new ball by captain Shubman Gill as the Titans had a plan against young batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
The last time these two teams met, Vaibhav Suryavanshi was out on the bowling of Mohammed Siraj and the fast bowler was aiming from the same line and length on this occasion too.
Is Mohammed Siraj out due to serious injury against RR?
Mohammed Siraj bowled three odd overs in that RR powerplay. From his first over onwards, he did not stop hitting hard lengths and was only trying to increase his pace. Siraj was excellent against the pocket dynamite who has been so explosive at this venue.
However, after taking a run in his second over, he returned with another bouncer in the third and in attempting to do so, he strained his shoulder muscles. When the physio reached the field there was a fear of injury.
However, the good news was that he completed the rest of the overs and bowled several good balls as per his team’s strategy against the RR youngster. Therefore, this shows that it was not a big enough injury to rule him out.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi creates another big IPL record against GT
Gujarat Titans is one of the most favorite franchises for Rajasthan Royals’ talented player Vaibhav Suryavanshi. He scored his first IPL century against them and became the fastest century scorer among Indians in IPL history, also registering a century at the age of just 14.
Against the same opposition, he has now reached another big milestone in the IPL, which no other player has ever reached in the history of the IPL. The young player hit the last ball of Mohammad Siraj’s over over the fence.
With this, the youngster has now completed 500 runs in the powerplay overs of IPL 2026, which is a record made for the first time by any batsman in the powerplay.
Many more to follow….
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