‘It is good news for us’: Mohammed Siraj welcomes BCCI’s saliva ban raise forward of IPL 2025 | Cricket Information – The Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: Mohammed Siraj has expressed his delight over the Board of Management for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) choice to raise the saliva ban forward of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. He believes that this transfer will help bowlers find reverse swing, even in situations that aren’t conducive to it.
“It is excellent for bowlers. It is good news for us bowlers as a result of when the ball just isn’t doing something, making use of saliva on the ball will improve the probabilities of discovering some reverse swing,” Siraj instructed PTI.
“It generally aids reverse swing as a result of scrubbing the ball towards the shirt won’t assist (to get reverse swing). However utilizing saliva on the ball will assist in sustaining (the shine on one facet), and it’s important.”
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Siraj, who has joined the Gujarat Titans for the upcoming season, is worked up to play below the captaincy of Shubman Gill, whom he considers a “bowler’s captain.”
“It is a good feeling to hitch Gujarat forward of the brand new season. Yeah, it was a bit emotional for me to go away RCB as a result of Virat bhai had supported me so much in robust occasions, however we now have a improbable crew right here below Gill. In the event you speak about Gill, then he’s a bowler’s captain. He by no means tries to cease you from making an attempt one thing new or hinder your plans. We’ve made our Check debut collectively (vs Australia in 2020) and we share an excellent private rapport too,” he stated.
The Gujarat Titans boast a formidable bowling lineup, together with Kagiso Rabada, Rashid Khan, Ishant Sharma, and Gerald Coetzee. Siraj views this as a constructive issue, because it fosters wholesome competitors and eases the burden on particular person bowlers.
“It’s really an incredible factor as a result of it’s such an skilled line-up and can foster some wholesome competitors, which is sweet for the crew. These bowlers don’t require a lot steering and so they know their plans. So in that sense, it is a blessing to have such bowlers in a contest like IPL as a result of we now have all types of bowlers, who’ve ticked all the precise areas,” he famous.

Regardless of lacking out on latest worldwide assignments, Siraj stays centered on his efficiency within the IPL and isn’t overly involved about choice for the nationwide crew.
“Look, choice just isn’t in my palms. I’ve solely a cricket ball in my palms and I needed to do as a lot as I can with that. I do not need to put stress on myself occupied with choice, as I need to deal with my efficiency. Yeah aș a participant, it stays behind your thoughts that there’s a tour of England and the Asia Cup however I do not actually significantly give it some thought, as my focus is on IPL and doing properly for Gujarat Titans and serving to them win one other IPL title,” he remarked.
Siraj is wanting ahead to working with Ashish Nehra, the Gujarat Titans’ coach, and studying from his huge expertise as a quick bowler.
“As a quick bowler, Ashu bhai has completed so much for Indian cricket, he was a real match winner for the nation. I need to study some issues from him that I really feel will enhance me as a bowler. It is essential for me so as to add these new talent units to my bowling corresponding to bowling stumps to stumps line and bowling on the proper size,” the bowler concluded.