Even though Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets in the fifth match of IPL 2023 against Mumbai Indians, the team’s fast bowler Mohammed Siraj has recorded the most embarrassing record of IPL in his name.
Siraj shattered the batting order of the opposition team by bowling tremendously in the powerplays against Mumbai Indians, but in the last over, Mohammad Siraj bowled not one but 5 wide balls and gave free runs to the batters of the Mumbai team. With this, Siraj recorded the most embarrassing record of IPL in his name.
Mohammed Siraj bowled exceptionally well at the beginning of the innings. He gave only 2 runs in his first over and only 1 run in his second over. At the same time, in the third over, he took the big wicket of Ishaan Kishan. After this, Siraj bowled economically and did not give any special chance to the Mumbai batters to score runs.
In the 19th over of the innings, Mohammad Siraj bowled 5 consecutive wide balls on the third ball, and Mumbai Indians batters took advantage of these balls. Two runs were scored on the third, then four on the fourth, and then Siraj hit a wide. However, in his last over, Mohammad Siraj forgot his line length in front of 22-year-old batsman Tilak Verma of Mumbai Indians. In this over, Siraj gave 16 runs and bowled five wides.
Mohammed Siraj recorded the most embarrassing record of IPL in his name. He bowled 11 balls in this over, and this was the first time in IPL history when any over was off 11 balls. The pressure of Tilak Verma’s batting was visible on Siraj, so after 4 consecutive wides, he also took two fours.
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Batting first in this match, Mumbai Indians scored 171 runs for losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Tilak Verma scored the highest innings of 84 runs for the Mumbai team. Apart from him, no other batter could play big innings. After chasing 172 runs, the RCB team achieved the target by losing just 2 wickets in just 16.2 overs. Virat Kohli and captain Faf du Plessis were the real heroes of the Bangalore team’s victory.
