'Smaller grounds & flat tracks making 250-plus totals normal': Siraj

Royal Challengers Bengaluru pacer Mohammed Siraj on Sunday rued the lack of help for bowlers in T20 cricket saying smaller grounds and flat pitches are making 250plus totals the new normalIn IPL 2024 the 250run mark has been breached eight times as batters have employed an ultraaggressive approach making full use of the Impact player rule and flat surfaces on offerSee nowadays cricket is really different now 250260 is made in every second match earlier 250 was a rare thing said Siraj after RCB overhauled 201run target set by Gujarat Titans in 16 oversThere is no help for bowlers there is smaller grounds and flat wickets there is no swing in the ball so lots of changes Bowlers can just keep playing and keep getting hitLife has been hard for the bowlers especially IPL 2024 as teams have looked to go for big hits to keep the runrate high even after the powerplayAs a bowler you have to keep the selfbelief I have seen lots of ups and downs in life so I dont give up if 12 matches dont go my way I look for a comeback Siraj saidAfter one month there is the World Cup so I tell myself that if I get hit on a good ball it is fine but I need to keep bowling less bad balls I have not really bowled too badly this IPL now 40 runs in quota of four overs is normal in T20 cricketSiraj who has taken six wickets in nine IPL games so far said luck plays a big role in T20 cricket but he tries to keep his steady mindsetT20 is all about luck you dont get wicket in good balls and sometimes even a full toss gets you a wicket so luck matters a lot I keep working on my flaws during training My mindset is always like I am the best bowler when I go to the field my attitude and mindset remains the same and it helps in my executionAlso ReadPeople can talk about Kohlis fitting reply to strikerate criticsGujarat Titans suffered their third loss in the last four games but Sai Sudharsan said although there is nothing wrong in particular as a team they need to win all games here to stand a chance to qualifyI dont think many things are going wrong As a team we are doing well definitely Its just the result If we had won this game maybe many things would have been good Getting better and just showing up for the next game is what is very important said Sudharsan who hit a 49ball 84GT are now at seventh place with eight points in the IPL standingsI think winning all the games is the only possibility which we can see But I think taking it game by game just getting better from this game There were many positives this game as well Thinking of qualifying is a little longer So just we have to play the way we wantThe lefthanded batter said the pitch eased out with time which helped RCB chase down the target without much adoLike 1015 overs after when we were batting it got a little better because when we started to play the wicket was q little damp but eventually it got better under the lights It remained the same obviously during the RCBs innings as wellWith agency inputs