Virat Kohli, other RCB players enjoy Hyderabadi biryani at Mohammed Siraj’s home

Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore enjoyed some biryani at Mohammed Siraj’s house before the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the ongoing IPL 2018.

The two-month long Indian Premier League (IPL) carnival is not only physically and mentally taxing for the players and others involved in the jamboree, but it also presents them with the opportunity of mingling with players from other parts of the world.

Mohammed Siraj posted this picture on Instagram, thanking his RCB teammates for coming to his house in Hyderabad. (Instagram:mohammedsirajofficial)

The IPL has indeed proven to be an opportunity for players to share information, ideas and tips to improve on an individual basis whilst also forging new friendships and having some fun.

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The Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is one such unit that has had some great stories coming out with the union of the likes of Kohli and AB de Villiers, with Chris Gayle being in the mix till last year.

Recently, a few members of the RCB squad visited their young fast bowler Mohammed Siraj’s house in Hyderabad, where the team had travelled to take on the local side Sunrisers Hyderabad.

In the video, senior RCB players Kohli and Parthiv Patel were accompanied by leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and Mandeep Singh among others to Siraj’s house in Tolichowki, Hyderabad, where they spent close to two hours.

A report in The Indian Express suggest that the RCB players gorged on the famous Hyderabadi biryani at their teammate’s residence, along with other dishes like korma, patthar ka gosht, khoobani ka mertha and double ka meetha.

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Siraj is playing in his first season for the Kohli-led team that has been blowing hot and cold in this IPL. On Monday night, despite putting up a strong fight, Royal Challengers Bangalore suffered a five-run defeat, which was their seventh in overall 10 matches so far.

RCB are currently placed at the sixth spot in the IPL 2018 points table with six points and a Net Run Rate (NRR) of -0.361.