India, April 3 -- It was an emotional moment for Mohammed Siraj when he got the ball in hand to bowl the first over of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans IPL 2025 match. For all these years, he has had the noisy Chinnaswamy crowd behind him and the towering presence of Virat Kohli, egging him on from the inner ring. But not on April 2 (Wednesday). He was up against not only the loyal and, at times, intimidating Chinnaswamy crowd but also against Kohli.

Siraj ran in with full thrust but pulled up midway. This is nothing unusual for a fast bowler; it's quite common for them to miss their run-up and abort. But such was the occasion and emotions attached to Siraj that the internet believed Siraj could not bowl the first ball t...