Success doesn’t make loud noises. Quite often, it sides with the quiet and diligent achievers. Isn’t it? What do you think? For someone who doesn’t quite make loud noises given the quality of efforts and the zeal with which he contests nearly every single game, it could be said that Mohd Siraj is the quiet asset at Gujarat Titans’ disposal and one whose consistent run of performances have been quietly instrumental in shaping the kind of cricket that the famed GT side have been playing and furthering their command in that critical phase of the tournament where, truth be told, just about anything can happen!

Mohd Siraj, truth be told, has been exemplary where the recent contests for his beloved Gujarat Titans team are concerned. This, it ought to be reminded, is a team that turned the tables on none other than the famous Sunrisers Hyderabad side, which had been leading the roster for the best outfits in the current edition of the IPL just up to the point of the start of the contest between SRH and GT.

So the big question is what did Mohd Siraj do in yesterday’s contest against the Hyderabad outfit? 

For starters, it ought to be thought for once as to how might it feel to contest against a team that’s about one’s own hometown. Siraj, of course all of us know, hails from Hyderabad. Nonetheless, his performance for Gujarat against Hyderabad are worthy of respect. For starters, he was one of the reasons why the SRH unit found it hard to score or get going.

He not just opened the bowling for his Gujarat team, but did so with massive success. 

In his very first over, he conceded no runs where the first five deliveries were concerned. He would remove in the space of that very first six deliveries the big key wicket of none other than Travis Head.

None of us need to be reminded of the dangers that come to life when the famed Travi-shek pair gets going! 

Furthermore besides being absolutely immaculate with his bowling spell- in which he conceded no more than just 11 runs off 3 overs - Siraj was a massive source of inspiration in the outfield. He patrolled the outskirts with full commitment to the team’s cause. Knowing well that the overall total his GT side had put wasn’t all that much, he threw himself on the line and backed his agility to save useful runs at the boundary.

In such potent tournaments, it is inspirational performances from experienced lads like Siraj that go a long way to motivate the younger lot a great deal. And props to the amazing right arm fast bowler for doing exactly that!