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Former India cricketer Parthiv Patel has showered praise on Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj following his remarkable run in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 with Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). After a successful first season on the international circuit with Team India, Siraj fired on all cylinders for the Kohli-led side in the 14th season of the cash-rich league.
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Regarded as one of the most exciting prospects in Indian cricket, Siraj has become the lynchpin of the RCB pace attack in recent years.
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Parthiv, who played for the Kohli-led side in domestic cricket’s biggest extravaganza before calling time on a note-worthy cricket career last year, has claimed that RCB pacer Siraj is the story of this season’s IPL.
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Speaking to Star Sports during a discussion about the IPL 2021, Patel spoke at length about Siraj’s pace bowling heroics and the former RCB opener hailed the Indian fast bowler for nailing the yorkers in death overs.
“Absolutely they did (solving their death overs bowling woes). I thought the way Mohammed Siraj bowled this season. I think he is the story of this IPL. Everyone has spoken about Mohammed Siraj bowling well with the new ball and then not being able to bowl yorkers but this season he was nailing yorkers,” Patel was quoted as saying.
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From thwarting power-hitter Andre Russell’s bid of scoring big in the death overs to keeping Rishabh Pant at bay in his final over, Siraj has scripted several match-changing performances for RCB this season.
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Siraj emerged as one of the most respected bowlers in the IPL and the RCB pacer bagged 6 wickets from 7 appearances.
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In his remarkable IPL career, Siraj has scalped 45 wickets from 42 matches. In IPL 2020, the Indian pacer played a crucial role in guiding Kohli and Co. to the business end of the competition.
