IPL playerIndia2017 to 2026
Mohammed Siraj
Right-hand bat
Mohammed Siraj, a bowler, has played ten IPL seasons for three franchises. In ten seasons the title has not yet come.
The arrival
Mohammed Siraj arrived through the auction: Sunrisers Hyderabad paid ₹2.60 cr, against a base price of ₹20 lakh.
That first season brought 6 matches and 10 wickets at 9.22 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2023, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 19 wickets at 7.45 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.79, with best figures of 4 for 21. Four seasons brought 15 wickets or more (2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026).
Franchise by franchise
2017, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2017 auction for ₹2.60 cr. 6 matches and 10 wickets.
2018 to 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹2.60 cr. 87 matches, 109 runs and 83 wickets.
2025 to 2026, Gujarat Titans. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹12.25 cr. 32 matches and 35 wickets.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2018 to 2024.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 128 wickets in 2,680 deliveries, at 8.76 runs an over against a league rate of 8.79 for the same seasons, right on the going rate. There were three four-wicket hauls, and the best figures were 4 for 17.
41.6% of the balls Mohammed Siraj bowled were dots, a higher share than 89% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 20.9 balls.
The fielding record: 37 catches and 2 run-outs.
At the auction
Mohammed Siraj has gone under the hammer three times. The highest price was ₹12.25 cr, paid by Gujarat Titans in 2025, more than 6 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹2.60 cr in 2017, ₹12.25 cr by 2025.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
On the all-time IPL lists, among 810 players, Mohammed Siraj stands 21st for wickets. The story is still being written: 2026 was another season with Gujarat Titans.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 10 | 9.22 | 4/32 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 11 | 25 | 14 | 12.5 | 113.6 | 0/0 | 11 | 8.95 | 3/25 | 5 | ||
| 2019 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 9 | 4 | 3* | 4.0 | 28.6 | 0/0 | 7 | 9.44 | 2/38 | 2 | ||
| 2020 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 9 | 17 | 10* | 17.0 | 121.4 | 0/0 | 11 | 8.63 | 3/8 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2021 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 15 | 20 | 12* | 20.0 | 76.9 | 0/0 | 11 | 6.79 | 3/27 | 4 | ||
| 2022 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 15 | 30 | 14* | 15.0 | 90.9 | 0/0 | 9 | 9.98 | 2/30 | 5 | ||
| 2023 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 1 | 1* | 1.0 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 19 | 7.45 | 4/21 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2024 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12.0 | 150.0 | 0/0 | 15 | 9.19 | 3/43 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2025 | Gujarat Titans | 15 | 3 | 3* | – | 75.0 | 0/0 | 16 | 9.25 | 4/17 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2026 | Gujarat Titans | 17 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 31.2 | 0/0 | 19 | 9.06 | 3/26 | 4 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2017
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2018 to 2024
- Gujarat Titans: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 56.8% |
| Balls per four | 12.6 |
| Balls per six | 34.8 |
| Dot balls bowled | 41.6% |
| Balls per wicket | 20.9 |
| Catches | 37 |
| Run-outs | 2 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | – | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹2.60 cr |
| 2018 | FA2 | ₹1 cr | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹2.60 cr |
| 2025 | M2 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹12.25 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet