The fast bowler from Hyderabad, Mohammed Siraj made headlines when his services were acquired by Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 2.60 cr. A son of an auto-rickshaw driver, Siraj has worked his way up into the national team rather quickly. He started playing leather ball cricket only in 2015, and within 2 years of domestic cricket, he was donning his country's national colours.In the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy season, he was Hyderabad's highest wicket-taker with 41 wickets from 9 matches, ending up as the joint third highest wicket taker. He has a knack for taking wickets and that was apparent in his debut IPL season, where he took 10 wickets from 6 games. The RCB think-tank saw enough potential in the youngster and bought him at the IPL 2018 Player Auction for INR 2.20 cr.