Siraj struck two times within the powerplay to push aside Punjab opener Atharva Taide and Liam Livingstone after which got here again to rattle stumps of Harpreet Brar and Nathan Ellis and changed into the main bowler within the event with 12 wickets.
Siraj has emerged as a drive to reckon with in world cricket and is main India’s assault within the absence of Jasprit Bumrah. He was once additionally ranked the No 1 ODI bowler for roughly two months previous this yr.
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“The lockdown was very important for me. I was quite down before that because I used to be expensive earlier. I focused on my gym training, on my bowling and I wanted to do well,” Siraj instructed the broadcaster after the IPL sport towards PBKS on Thursday.
“Even in the ODIs, my rhythm was good, my confidence was high and I have brought that into this season of the IPL. I am a good fielder; I just make a few mistakes once in a while (smiles). I always try to keep improving in every aspect so that I can remain a part of the team,” he added.
Virat Kohli, who captained RCB on Thursday, stated the pitch on the PCA IS Bindra Stadium right here was once difficult to bat on.
“This (win) does not make us an invincible team or the league position before today did not make us a bad team. The table cannot define your mood, when you have played just five or six games. (We will) Maintain our processes And stay in the moment. In the first half, the conditions changed drastically. Faf (du Plessis) batted outstandingly well,” Kohli stated.
“We thought of extending our partnership for as long as possible so that it could give us an extra 20 runs. After overs 7-8, as soon as the ball was getting bashed into the square, the ball really started getting scuffed up. We Changed our strategy to bat deeper. Had we stayed in, we could have given a crack at 190-200. We felt 175 was a good score on this pitch. I told them (team-mates) that was more than enough.
“All we needed to do was once be assured and dangle the ball in hand having a look to get wickets. The approach you win video games in T20 cricket is by means of taking wickets. At the midway degree, the theory was once to take the sport to the opposition within the first six overs. We broke the sport open proper there and our fielding was once good as neatly,” Kohli added.
Sam Curran, who continued to lead Punjab Kings in the absence of regular skipper Shikhar Dhawan, praised Kohli and Du Plessis for their 137-run stand for the opening wicket that set the platform for RCB’s win.
“I believed we bowled in reality neatly as a gaggle. The approach Faf and Virat performed was once nice. I did not suppose they were given clear of us an excessive amount of. In the tip, we simply did not bat neatly sufficient. They bowled lovely neatly as neatly. But we misplaced wickets. The stipulations had been moderately ordinary as neatly. We concept it might rain at one degree, with the entire lightning and thunder,” he said.
Curran said the team will have to move on quickly and take lessons from this game as they will have a one-day break before they take on Mumbai Indians in Mumbai.
“It was once a in reality nice wicket with good-sized limitations, you wish to have an even contest between bat and ball. Just a few issues with the bat that we would remorseful about however we transfer directly to Saturday. The video games come thick and rapid, so it’s about studying from this,” he said.
(With PTI inputs)