Mohammed Siraj: All you need to know about the fast bowler who earned his maiden India call-up

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Siraj will be hoping to make a mark in the 2017 IPL season

Having fetched INR 2.6 crores in the auction, all eyes were on Siraj when he took the field for SRH in the 2017 edition of the IPL. Despite the presence of the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra and Mustafizur Rahman, Siraj caught the eye along with Siddarth Kaul.

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After impressing in his first tryst with the IPL and for India A against New Zealand A at Vizag, Siraj will be looking to do the same when he joins up with the rest of the Indian squad upon the conclusion of the ODI series and in time for the T20I series that begins with the first T20I at Delhi. The game will be his SRH teammate, Ashish Nehra’s final international game and he will be hoping to make his international debut in the upcoming series.