Indian cricket team fast bowler Mohammad Siraj will play for Gujarat Titans in this season of IPL and said that he is excited to play under the leadership of Shubman Gill. He was playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) until last season. But he was not retained by the franchise before the mega auction. In such a situation, Siraj was bought by Gujarat Titans for Rs 12.25 crore during the auction. Now before the start of IPL 2025, Siraj has given a big statement about his former partner Virat Kohli.

Mohammad Siraj's emotional statement about Virat Kohli
He said, “It looks good to join the Gujarat team before the new session.” Leaving RCB has been a little emotional for me because Virat (Kohli) brother supported me in difficult times but we have a very good team under Gill's leadership. Let us tell you that after Hyderabad, when Siraj joined RCB in the IPL, Virat Kohli supported him a lot. Kohli was the captain of RCB at that time.

Shubman Gill is the captain of the bowlers …

Siraj said, “If you talk about Gill, he is the captain of the bowlers.” This never prevents you from doing something new or implementing your strategy. We both made their Test debut together (against Australia in 2020) and we have very good relations.

Gujarat Titans have some top bowlers in the form of Kagiso Rabada, Rashid Khan, Ishant Sharma and Gerald Koetzi and Siraj said that this would reduce their burden slightly. He said, “This is really good because you have such a good bowling attack that will promote healthy competition, which is good for the team.” These bowlers do not need much guidance and they know their strategy well.

Siraj said, “In this sense, having such bowlers in a competition like IPL is no less than a boon because we have all kinds of bowlers who have worked in all the right areas.”