Mohammed Siraj, the Gujarat Titans star pacer, suffered a freak injury as he might have pulled the shoulder of his bowling arm in the third consecutive over for him within the powerplay.
The Gujarat Titans are taking on the Rajasthan Royals in the Qualifier 2 fixture of IPL 2026. Mohammed Siraj was handed the new ball by skipper Shubman Gill as the Titans had a destined plan against the young batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
The last time these two teams met, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was dismissed off Mohammed Siraj's bowling, and the pacer was aiming at the same line and length on this occasion as well.
Has Mohammed Siraj been ruled out with a freak injury against RR?
Mohammed Siraj bowled the three odd overs in that RR powerplay. Since his first over, he did not stop hitting the hard length and was only looking to bolster his pace. Siraj was excellent against the pocket dynamite who has been so explosive at this venue.
However, after being taken for runs in his second over, he returned with another bouncer in the third over, and in the attempt to do so, he pulled his shoulder muscles. It was an injury scare as the physios rushed onto the ground.
However, the good news remained that he completed the rest of the over and bowled several good deliveries according to his team's strategy against the RR youngster. Hence, indicating that it was not an injury of an extent to rule him out.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi creates another major IPL record against GT
The Gujarat Titans is one of the most loved franchises for the Rajasthan Royals prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. He scored his maiden IPL hundred against them and became the fastest centurion among Indians in IPL history, while also registering the hundred just at the age of 14.
Against the same opposition, he has now reached another major milestone in the IPL, which has never been reached by any other player in the history of the IPL. The youngster smashed Mohammed Siraj's final ball of the over to the fence.
With this, the youngster now completed 500 runs within the powerplay overs of IPL 2026, which is a first-time record score by any batsman just within the powerplay.
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