Star Indian fast bowler Mohammed Siraj was in action for Hyderabad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) 2025 Super League match against Mumbai on Friday (December 12). In the match played at MCA Stadium in Pune, where Hyderabad secured a win by nine wickets, Siraj dismissed 3 batters. Siraj finished with figures of 3 for 17 in 3.5 overs, and for his super show with the ball, he won the Player Of The Match award.
But Siraj won hearts by sharing the POTM award with his teammate Tanmay Agarwal, who played a knock of 75 runs from 40 balls in the 132-run chase.
For his gesture, Siraj received praise from fans on the internet, and Siraj’s IPL franchise, Gujarat Titans, also took note of his act and posted a tweet which is now going viral on the internet.
GT shared the picture of Siraj sharing the POTM award with Tanmay and captioned it, “Match bhi jeet liya aur dil bhi!”
Flop show by Mumbai
The presence of a clutch of India stars failed to inspire Mumbai and Andhra, as they went down to Hyderabad and Madhya Pradesh respectively in their Super League matches.
Mumbai had Yashasvi Jaiswal (29), Sarfaraz Khan (5), Ajinkya Rahane (9) and Shardul Thakur (0) in their line-up but folded for 131 as India pacer Mohammad Siraj took three for 17 in 3.5 overs for Hyderabad.
Tanay Thyagarajan took two wickets to support Siraj.
In reply, the promising Aman Rao (52 not out) and Tanmay Agarwal (75), helped Hyderabad chase down the target in just 11.5 overs.
Hyderabad made 132 for one to register a 9-wicket win and grab four points.
Hat-trick for Reddy
India all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy made 25 and took a hat-trick (3/17 in 3 overs) for Andhra but Madhya Pradesh emerged a four-wicket victor in a low-scoring match.
Andhra were all out for 112 in 19.1 overs, and MP reached 113 for six in 17.3 overs, braving Reddy’s burst.
The medium pacer bagged the wickets of opener Harsh Gawali, No. 3 Harpreet Singh Bhatia and No. 4 and skipper Rajat Patidar in successive balls in the third over of the innings.
MP were 14 for three then but recovered well to grab four full points on offer.








