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"Instant impact:" Fans go crazy after Jasprit Bumrah picks first ball wicket against GT in IPL 2026

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"Instant impact:" Fans go crazy after Jasprit Bumrah picks first ball wicket against GT in IPL 2026


TATA Indian Premier League (IPL), 2026, 30th match between Gujarat Titans (GT) and Mumbai Indians (MI). While chasing the target of 200 runs, the Titans were dealt an early blow when Jasprit Bumrah was back among the wickets after failing to take wickets in the last five matches.

Jaspirt Bumrah picked up the wicket off the first ball of the second innings, with Sai Sudharsan returning for a golden duck. Bumrah got the new ball and in the first over, he showed his class in the IPL. Team India’s spearhead has been economical with his bowling but has failed to find wickets in the tournament; This wicket will surely give you a lot of confidence.

Jasprit Bumrah back in form

This was the first time that Jasprit Bumrah bowled the first over in IPL 2026, because Trent Boult was bowling the new ball, and then from the other end, Hardik Pandya or Deepak Chahar was bowling. This was one of the reasons why he was unable to create much pressure in the game.

This was the seventh time Jasprit Bumrah bowled the first over of an innings in the IPL. Before today, he had done it twice in 2014, three times in 2018 and once in 2022. It was his first wicket after 146 balls in the IPL and his first after 114 balls in total.

Tilak Varma sacked by MI

The Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field first. They got off to a good start with the ball, picking two early wickets as Kagiso Rabada, with Denmark’s Malewar and Quinton de Kock back in the pavilion.

Then, Naman Dhir and Tilak Varma formed a partnership between them after Suryakumar Yadav fell for 15 runs. Naman scored 45 runs and then Tilak formed an 81-run partnership with his captain Hardik Pandya.

Tilak Varma was there till the end, playing an unbeaten 101 runs off 45 balls. It was his first century in the IPL, and is also the fastest century by a Mumbai Indians batsman in the tournament.

GT, while chasing, also lost the wickets of Sai, Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler early, with the Mumbai players on top of the game as GT are 45/3 after the end of the powerplay.

Fans react after Jasprit Bumrah’s first wicket

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