Mohammed Siraj was close to perfection in the Asia Cup 2023 championship match versus Sri Lanka. The bowler for the Indian cricket team breathed fire as he ruthlessly destroyed Sri Lanka’s top order in the championship match on Sunday in the cloudy city of Colombo. Indian industrialist, Anand Mahindra, praised Mohammed Siraj for his performance on his X account. Commenting on Mahindra’s post, a fan asked him to gift Siraj an SUV. Scroll down to read Fans Ask Anand Mahindra To Gift A SUV To Mohammad Siraj.
Fans Ask Anand Mahindra To Gift A SUV To Mohammad Siraj
In the Asia Cup 2023 final, India destroyed Sri Lanka for 50 thanks to Siraj’s outstanding opening performance. Indian cricket has produced several exceptional fast bowlers throughout the years, and the team’s success in the limited-overs format has been heavily affected by their skills.
In the final 90 minutes, several records were broken. Siraj concluded with 6 wickets. He ended the game by taking four of those wickets in the space of one over.
Leading industrialist Anand Mahindra had a specific compliment to say about Siraj’s accomplishment. In a tweet, Mahindra said, “I don’t believe I have ever had my heart break for our adversaries…It seems as though we’ve let loose a magical power on them. The Marvel Avenger you are is @mdsirajofficial.” — Anand Mahindra, September 17, 2023 (@anandmahindra)
A Twitter user responded to the tweet by writing: “Sir, please give him an SUV.”
After that, Mahindra wrote, “Been there, done that.” Suraj received a ‘Thar’ as a gift from Mahindra in 2021.
The top spot in our exclusive list belongs to Siraj, a rising talent who stunned Sri Lanka in the 2023 Asia Cup Finals. After collecting his five-wicket haul in the final, India’s best bowler imitated football icon Cristiano Ronaldo by pulling the ‘Siuuu’ celebration.
Siraj hit four times in his first over of bowling, leaving Sri Lanka shaky at 12/5 after the fourth over.
The first ball of the over was caught at point by him as Pathum Nissanka. After that, he got Charith Asalanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama off the third and fourth balls of the over, respectively. Asalanka got caught in the covers, while Samarawickrama was trapped lbw.
He had Dhananjaya de Silva caught behind on the penultimate delivery. He added another wicket after this remarkable over. He immediately cleaned up Shanaka after that. ‘Miyan Magic’ finished his fifer in 16 balls.
With this, he finished off a five-for in just 16 balls. Since ball-by-ball data has been available, this matches the previous record for the fastest five-for. He shares this with Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka, who in the 2003 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup took five wickets against Bangladesh off just 16 balls.
Following Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka, who recorded a 6-wicket haul against India in 2008, Siraj is the second bowler in the Asia Cup 50-over format to achieve that feat.
At the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday, Indian speedster Siraj shattered Sri Lanka’s batting order with a fantasy spell to conclude the first innings in 15.2 overs.
