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Mohammed Siraj Biography – Age, Education, Personal Life, Career, Net Worth, Facts, and Awards

Mohammed Siraj And His Family

Mohammed Siraj was born in a very poor Muslim family. His family follows the Muslim religion and offers prayers in the dargah for Allah. Mohammed Siraj’s father’s name is Late Mohammed Ghouse, who was a rickshaw driver, and her mother’s name is Shabana Begum, who earlier worked in the house of others.

His father, Ghouse, passed away in November 2020 last year. A week later, Siraj left for the Australian tour. He did not even get a chance to spend time with the family in the hour of grief after his father’s departure. But he paid tribute to his father by giving India a historic win against Australia.

Later, when he returned to India, he did not go home from Hyderabad airport and went straight to pay homage to his father’s grave. He offered flowers to his father’s grave during this and looked very emotional.

Apart from her mother in Siraj’s house, there is also an elder brother named Mohammed Ismail. His elder brother is a software engineer, and he also manages all social media and work of Siraj.

Age, Physical Appearance, and Height

Mohammed Siraj was born on March 13, 1994, and according to the calculation, her current age is 28 years.

Let’s Talk about his Height, Weight & Physical Status as the main things for the Cricket Industry. Fans also attract the Height, Weight & Physical Status of Mohammed Siraj is 178 cm and 1.78 m and feet inches- 5′ 10″. His weight is in kilograms- 67 kg. Weight.

Mohammed Siraj has a Waist Size of 31 Inches and a chest of 38 Inches, And biceps of 12 Inches. he has Black color hair and Black color eyes. Besides this, he is wearing shoe size 10.

Education

He finished his schooling at Safa Junior College, Nampally, Hyderabad. After that, he quit his study and did not pursue further. He gave his entire time to hone his cricketing skills.

On November 15, 2015, Siraj made his first-class debut for Hyderabad in the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy tournament under the coaching of Karthik Udupa. Next year in 2016, he made his Twenty20 debut on January 2, 2016, in the 2015-16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy tournament.

Personal Life

Talking about the marital status of Mohammed Siraj, he is already engaged.

He revealed that he got engaged to her fiancé in June last year. When he was on a tour of Australia earlier this year, her fiancée supported and encouraged him a lot. Now he is going to marry him soon. However, her name of her has not been disclosed yet.

Career

Domestic Career

Siraj is a son of an auto-rickshaw driver, and his childhood was full of hardships due to his family’s low income. He never went to a cricket academy or had a coach. Smitten by cricket, he used to play street cricket with a tennis ball and often bunked classes to play.

In 2015, Siraj went to the nets at the Charminar Cricket Club on a friend’s invitation and impressed everyone. He took five wickets in a match, and soon his hard work paid dividends as he was named as a probable in the state’s U-23 side.

He then played for the senior zonal side and continued working hard. Siraj made his first-class debut for Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy on November 15, 2015, and played only one game. Siraj played only one game in his debut first-class season and had to wait to get more opportunities. In the 2016 Ranji Trophy, he performed exceedingly well as Hyderabad made the quarter-finals. Siraj became the highest wicket-taker for Hyderabad and the third-leading wicket-taker of the 2016 Ranji Trophy, taking 41 wickets in nine matches at an impressive average of 18.92. He was then picked to play for the Rest of India team, and good performances resulted in him being included in India A squad to tour South Africa in July 2017. In February 2018, he was the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 23 dismissals in seven matches. In October 2018, he was named in India A’s squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy. In October 2019, he was named in India B’s squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy. In 36 first-class matches, Siraj has taken 147 wickets at an average of 23.00. Also, he has taken 81 wickets at 23.37 in 41 List A matches. In the T20 format, he has taken 79 wickets in 58 matches at an average of 22.54 with an economy of 8.44.

IPL Career

The amazing performances in Ranji Trophy resulted in him being roped by Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad for a whopping Rs. 2.6 crore, which was 13 times his base price. In the 2017 IPL, he played six matches and picked 10 wickets at an average of 21.2, with the best performance of 4/32. A deceptive slower ball and a natural in-swinger make him an effective limited-overs bowler. After being released by SRH, the Royal Challengers Bangalore think-tank saw enough potential in the youngster and bought him at the IPL 2018 Player Auction for INR 2.20 cr. He played 11 matches that season and took 11 wickets. The 2019 season was a bit dull for him, and he will be hoping to make a comeback in the 2020 season.

International Career

T20I Career

After impressive performances in domestic cricket, Siraj was included in India’s T20I squad to play against New Zealand. He made his T20I debut against New Zealand in November 2017 and took his maiden T20I wicket of Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson. He ended up with figures of 4-0-1-53. Since then, he has played only two more T20Is and taken two more wickets.

ODI Career

In December 2018, he was named in India’s ODI squad for their series against Australia. He made his ODI debut against Australia at the Adelaide Oval on January 15, 2019. He couldn’t pick any wicket in the match, but India won by 6, courtesy of a stellar Virat Kohli century.

Net Worth

The net worth of Mr. Mohammed Siraj is approximately 3.0 million USD, which is 22 crores rupees in Indian currency. He has gathered this massive amount from his BCCI salaries, IPL contracts, and private businesses.

Mohammed Siraj Assets:

House: Mohammed Siraj owns a luxury designer house in Hyderabad, India. Also, Mohammed Siraj owns multiple real-estate properties across the countries.

Facts

  • He doesn’t smoke and doesn’t drink also.
  • Now, he is an important part of the RCB team.
  • His top bowling speed in IPL is 145.97 kmph.

Car Collection

The Car collection of Mohammed Siraj is quite Small. Mohammed Siraj owns a few of the best luxury cars in the world. Mohammed Siraj’s collection of cars includes a Mercedes SUV.

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