{"id":63193,"date":"2017-02-21T06:22:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T06:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=63193"},"modified":"2017-02-21T06:22:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T06:22:03","slug":"siraj-makes-telangana-proud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/siraj-makes-telangana-proud\/","title":{"rendered":"Siraj makes Telangana proud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohammed Siraj from Telangana has emerged as one of the most exciting players in the Indian domestic cricket circuit, having recently made his mark with a brilliant first class season. His excellent run of form saw him earn call-ups to the India A and Rest of India sides.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now Siraj landed a whopping Rs. 2.6 crore deal with Sunrisers Hyderabad at the IPL 2017 player auction in Bengaluru. Having come from a humble economic background, the right-arm speedster aims to buy a house in a good Hyderabad locality for his parents Mohammed Ghaus and Shabana Begum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63198\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/TH07SIRAJ.jpg\" alt=\"Siraj makes Telangana proud \" width=\"615\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Today, I remember my first income playing cricket. It was a club match and my maternal uncle was the captain of the team. I got 9 wickets for 20 odd runs in that 25 over game. My uncle was so happy he gave me Rs 500 as a prize. It was a great feeling. But today when the bid was raised to Rs 2.6 crore, I just went numb,&#8221; Siraj told media during an interaction from Hyderabad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;My parents have seen hard days. Today my elder brother is a software engineer in a reputed IT firm. I didn&#8217;t have interest in studies and my mother would bash me up giving my elder brother&#8217;s example. But today she&#8217;s on top of the world,&#8221; said Siraj.For him, the progress was a gradual one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63196\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dc-Cover-g3ntao3k26ao3v8ob8637rut36-20170220203746.Medi_.jpeg\" alt=\"Siraj makes Telangana proud \" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dc-Cover-g3ntao3k26ao3v8ob8637rut36-20170220203746.Medi_.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dc-Cover-g3ntao3k26ao3v8ob8637rut36-20170220203746.Medi_-500x280.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dc-Cover-g3ntao3k26ao3v8ob8637rut36-20170220203746.Medi_-768x430.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Since I started from tennis ball cricket, I am self taught. I had pace but tennis ball cricket teaches you to bowl in blockholes. Then I played Hyderabad U22, Mushtaq Ali, Vijay Hazare and then Ranji Trophy followed by India A. I have taken one step at a time. Next is IPL followed by senior national team,&#8221; said Siraj.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharing the dressing room with VVS Laxman as mentor and captained by David Warner is a big plus.<br \/>\nLets hope he further makes Hyderabad, Telangana and India proud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohammed Siraj from Telangana has emerged as one of the most exciting players in the Indian domestic cricket circuit, having recently made his mark with a brilliant first class season. His excellent run of form saw him earn call-ups to the India A and Rest of India sides. 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