Despite the various progressive patterns in International cricket ideologies, Indian Premium League has made quite an amazing impression. After introducing the 20 over matches, cricket now reached commercial heights with diverse team mixing narrated as IPL.
Prices of the players, the players in the teams and the colourful embodiments in the whole process is something people go gaga about. IPL auction was done this year too and this time some surprising things happened in the team formations. Yes! the change and the surprise are totally for good.
Since two years IPL has been playing a vital role in roping in the new players for TeamIndia to play in an International format representing their respective countries. Many new players got a place in India’s blue team by performing well in IPL seasons. Most of the successful players, however, had a tough time financially and mentally, anyway, they achieved it and that is the thing that made them unique and legendary.
This time, IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad took in a budding player who has no experience in International formats, who has barely seen an International cricket pitch. He is Mohammad Siraj and his father is an auto driver in Hyderabad. This young player always dreamt of clinching a place in Team India and here’s a way to attain his dreams. Despite his gigantic dreams, his father though he is an auto driver, he never gave up on his son.
Siraj has been playing in Ranji team representing Hyderabad. Not having an experience in International cricket is not an issue according to him, he has a fair record in first class cricket, 20/9 is the best he got till date which is quite an impossible feat.
The base price for Siraj was Rs 20 lakhs and after having a glance at his previous records the authorities raised his value to Rs 2.60 Crores. This amusing deal made Siraj’s family surprised and their happiness is boundless.
When asked about how he is going to spend that money, Siraj said that he will purchase a fine house for his family and let his father take rest by quitting auto driving. He further added that he is going to take Team India’s skipper Virat Kohli’s wicket.
This is an inspiring IPL story so far, hope Siraj does whatever he aims for and his determination in reaching the competitive IPL is quite amazing.