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IND vs USA: Place in the team by luck, part of playing-11 after 557 days, Mohammed Siraj took America’s breath away as soon as he arrived

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Mohammed Siraj took a wicket in the first over of the comeback match. Mumbai: Mohammed Siraj was part of the Indian team that won the 2024 T20 World Cup. After that tournament, he got a chance to play three matches on the Sri Lanka tour. He played his last match for India in this format…

Ronit Sharma

By Ronit Sharma
Feb 08, 2026, 4:52 PM IST

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IND vs USA: Place in the team by luck, part of playing-11 after 557 days, Mohammed Siraj took America’s breath away as soon as he arrived

Mohammed Siraj took a wicket in the first over of the comeback match.
Mumbai: Mohammed Siraj was part of the Indian team that won the 2024 T20 World Cup. After that tournament, he got a chance to play three matches on the Sri Lanka tour. He played his last match for India in this format on 30 July 2024. Since then he was out of the team. Siraj also did not get a place in the team of T20 World Cup 2026. But Harshit Rana’s injury gave Siraj a place in the team. Due to Jasprit Bumrah’s ill health, he was also included in the playing eleven in the first match against America.

Siraj took the wicket on the third ball itself

Mohammad Siraj Bowled India’s second over. On the very second ball, America’s opener Andrew Goss hit a powerful six on the front side. Its Siraj remains Siraj. He made a comeback after just two balls and dismissed Goss. The ball went straight into the hands of Tilak Verma standing at cover. Goss scored 6 runs on 9 balls.

Siraj took wicket in the second over also

Mohammad Siraj also took a wicket in his second over after the first over. This time he dismissed Saiteja Mukkamalla. He is America’s leading batsman. This 21 year old batsman has scored runs in T20 International cricket at an average of 39 and strike rate of 153. Varun Chakraborty caught Siraj’s ball. This American batsman scored 2 runs on 7 balls.Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav Made Mohammad Siraj bowl three overs in the powerplay itself. After hitting a six on the second ball, he gave 12 runs in the next 16 balls and took two wickets. America scored only 31 runs in the batting powerplay itself. Earlier, the Indian team gave the target of 161 runs to America with the help of 84 runs from Suryakumar Yadav.