Mohammed Siraj Becomes World No 1 ODI Bowler: Know his TOP 5 Achievements Here

This week has brought one good news to Siraj after the other. He was earlier named in the ODI team of the Year 2022 by ICC. He had an excellent series at home against Sri Lanka and New Zealand and that has helped the Hyderabad-born to force the world to take notice of him. 

Siraj returned to the national side in February last year after a gap of 3 years and since then has picked up 37 wickets in 20 matches. This stat really tells you about the massive improvement he has shown across formats. Siraj has contributed to team's success in T20Is and ODIs as well. 

In 2016-17 season of the Ranji Trophy, Mohammed Siraj finished as the highest wicket taker when he completed taking 41 wickets. That was, in some way, his break out year in red ball cricket and he ensured he continued to learn. 

Siraj is in top gear right now. He just cannot do anything wrong at the moment. He is bowling quick, with fire in his belly and is quite disciplined at the same time. His international numbers are only getting better. In 15 Tests so far, he has picked up 46 wickets. In 21 ODIs so far, he has 38w wickets and in 8 T20Is, he has 11 wickets. Not to forget his 59 IPL wickets from 65 games.

With the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav injured, India had to make do with Siraj, Navdeep Saini and T Natarajan in the Tests series Down Under in 2020-21. Siraj led the attack and picked up 13 wickets in 3 Tests but the numbers still don't do justice to how well he had bowled in that series.