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IPL 2020 Records: RCB's Mohammed Siraj Scripts History, Becomes First Bowler Ever To Bowl Two Maidens In One IPL Game

In the second over of KKR's innings, Siraj first got Rahul Tripathi caught by wicketkeeper, and on the very next ball, he was able to take 2 wickets in 2 consecutive balls by departing Nitish Rana. Apart from these two batsmen, Siraj also cleaned up Tom Banton and took three wickets.

In the 39th match of IPL 2020, Mohammed Siraj bowled brilliantly against Kolkata Knight Riders as he picked wickets of Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana and Tom Banton without conceding a single run to become first bowler to bowl two maidens in an IPL game and restrict Kolkata Knight Riders to 84/8 at Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

No bowler apart from Siraj has attained this feat in IPL before. The RCB speedster also took 3 wickets in his first spell off his first 3 overs to literally destroyed KKR's top-order. Not only this, Siraj pushed the KKR team to the backfoot with 2 wickets in 2 consecutive balls in an over.

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In the second over of KKR's innings, Siraj first got Rahul Tripathi caught by wicketkeeper, and on the very next ball, he was able to take 2 wickets in 2 consecutive balls by departing Nitish Rana. Apart from these two batsmen, Siraj also cleaned up Tom Banton and took three wickets.

After winning the toss against RCB, KKR decided to bat first in Abu Dhabi but it skipper Morgan's decision proved to be wrong. KKR and RCB are standing at the door to reach the playoffs, where RCB need to win 2 matches to cement a spot in the IPL playoffs, while KKR can confirm their place in the playoffs by winning 3 matches.

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