Is Mohammed Siraj Dropped For RCB vs SRH Clash?

Siraj is missing from RCB's Playing XI vs SRH (AP)Siraj is missing from RCB's Playing XI vs SRH (AP)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have found multiple changes to their Playing XI for the clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Monday. RCB's premium pacer Mohammed Siraj has been dropped by the RCB management after losing four consecutive clashes.

Siraj's form in this Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) has been a point worry. The speedster has just snapped 4 wickets in 6 innings, with a strike rate of 33.00 and at an economy of 10.41.

Meanwhile, the Royal Challengers have also dropped Glenn Maxwell as they are gone with two foreign seamers - Lockie Ferguson alongside Reece Topley. In place of the Australian all-rounder, RCB have opted for in-form Mahipal Lomror in the Playing XI.

SRH, on the other hand, have opted for no changes to their team as they are continuing with their winning combination.


RCB vs SRH: Playing XI

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Saurav Chauhan, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Reece Topley, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan


The Faf du Plessis-led team have won the toss and elected to bowl first in Bengaluru. At the time of publishing, SRH openers have started their assault, scoring 38/0 after 4 overs.