Gujarat Titans (GT) pacer Mohammed Siraj will be on the radar during the IPL 2025 season. Ahead of their first game, Siraj shared his desire to make an India comeback through the IPL as well. While this year’s IPL will help him to make a comeback in the Indian white-ball set-up, Siraj is focused on performing for his side as well.
“Selection is not in my hands. What is in my hands is taking wickets and performing for my team. I will give my 100 per cent. If I start thinking about selection, it might affect my performance. In the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia, just after the IPL, I was only thinking about selection and that I needed to bowl well. But the performances did not come,” he said in an interaction with Revsportz.
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“Later, I realised that the only things in my control are my bowling and giving 100 per cent. The most important thing is performance and whether I am executing my plans properly. I have learned this over the last few years, and it has been very helpful,” Siraj further added. “My preparation is going very well. I was on a break and worked on my bowling and fitness. I played matches, and after the Ranji Trophy, I came back and focussed on my fitness, training, and bowling. If we talk about my effort, I give 100 per cent because when I have the ball in my hand, I can give my full effort. Apart from that, I do not run after too many things.”
However, Mohammed Siraj will share the new ball with Kagiso Rabada and Prasidh Krishna for the Gujarat Titans during the IPL 2025 season. Speaking about his role, he said that his job would be to take wickets quickly as well.
“To be honest, I know [Kagiso] Rabada is here, and Prasidh [Krishna] is also here, but when I bowl with the new ball, my role will be to take early wickets and put pressure on the opposition as quickly as possible. If I do not get wickets, then my aim will be to bowl dot balls to build that pressure. So, for me, my role is to take as many wickets as possible at the start, which will help the bowlers coming in later,” Mohammed Siraj concluded.
