Mohammad Siraj shook the top order of PunjabImage Credit source: PTI
Team India’s fast bowler Mohammad Siraj may not be getting a place in India’s T20 International team, but he is creating havoc with his sharp bowling in IPL 2026. This star fast bowler playing for Gujarat Titans has troubled the batsmen with the new ball. But what he did to Punjab Kings, no one has done to this team this season. Siraj broke the back of batting by destroying the top order of Punjab Kings in the very first over of this match.
Gujarat on Sunday evening of 3rd May at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Captain Shubman Gill When he decided to bowl first, all eyes were on whether his decision would be right in front of Punjab’s explosive batting or not. But Siraj confirmed the correctness of this decision by starting the match with a bang. Siraj pushed Punjab on the backfoot by taking 2 consecutive wickets in the first 3 balls of the match.
Punjab is in danger from the havoc of Siraj
Siraj would have got a wicket on the very first ball of the innings but Priyansh Arya’s catch remained a little away from wicketkeeper Jos Buttler. But on the very next ball, Priyansh again hit a shot and this time he was caught out at deep third man. Priyansh could score only 2 runs, which is his lowest score this season. Then the new batsman Cooper Connolly could not last even a minute. Siraj got him caught by wicketkeeper Butler on the very next ball. Even DRS could not save Connolly.
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Punjab’s condition is like this for the first time in IPL 2026
In this way, within just 3 balls, Siraj took 2 wickets of Punjab. This is the first time in this season that Punjab Kings have lost two important wickets within the first over. Not only this, for the first time in IPL 2026, at the time of the fall of Punjab’s second wicket, the score was only 2 runs, which is their lowest score till date. With this, Siraj has taken a total of 3 wickets in the first over in IPL 2026 and is second after Joffra Archer (5).
Not only this, soon Siraj’s fast bowling partner Kagiso Rabada also scratched Punjab’s wounds and gave the third blow by sending explosive opener Prabhsimran Singh back to the pavilion. Due to this, Punjab Kings could score only 35 runs after losing 3 wickets in the powerplay, which is their lowest score in the first 6 overs this season.
