Mumbai Indians (MI) main pacer Jasprit Bumrah once again did a fantastic job for his team by shining with the ball against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in match 51 of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) at the Wankhede stadium. in Mumbai on May 3.
Bumrah has looked in top form in the ongoing edition of the IPL and is currently on top of the charts for leading wicket-takers with 17 wickets at an average of 16.11, an economy of 6.25 and a rate of strike of 15.47.
He offered exceptional lines and lengths in the match against Knight Riders and tied them for 169. He finished his spell with figures of 3.5 -0-18-3. The last wicket of Bumrah’s innings came when he rattled the stumps of KKR all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer in the fifth ball of the 20th over.
Bumrah bowled a full toss and Venkatesh Iyer tried to cross for a signature shot. However, he missed his shots completely and saw him and his stumps get crushed.
Venkatesh Iyer played a stellar knock of 70 runs in 52 balls and his innings was studded with 6 fours and 3 sixes. Kolkata Knight Riders posted a total of 169 runs on the board.
In particular, Venkatesh Iyer has always loved playing against Mumbai Indians as in 5 innings he recorded 320 runs at an average of 80 and a strike rate of 161.61. He has scored 3 fifties and 1 century against MI and his best score is 104.
Jasprit Bumrah dominates IPL 2024
Talking about Jasprit Bumrah, the right-arm pacer has always taken wickets for MI and has been economical too.
Jasprit Bumrah in IPL 2024:
4-0-14-3 against GT
4-0-36-0 vs SRH
4-0-26-0 vs RR
4-0-22-2 vs DC
4-0-21-5 vs RCB
4-0-27-0 against CSK
4-0-21-3 against PBKS
4-0-37-0 vs RR
4-0-35-1 against DC
4-0-17-0 against LSG
3.5-0-18-3 against KKR
Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah with his 3-wicket haul against Kolkata Knight Riders extended his unique IPL record of picking 3 or more wickets the most times.
Most 3-wicket hauls or more in IPL:
23 – Jasprit Bumrah (131 innings)
20 – Yuzvendra Chahal (154 innings)
19 – Lasith Malinga (122 entries)
17 – Amit Mishra (162 innings)
Jasprit Bumrah also joined Sunil Narine, Lasith Malinga, Amit Mishra and Yuzvendra Chahal in the elite list of players picking 50+ IPL wickets at one venue.
More than 50 IPL wickets in one place:
69 – Sunil Narine (Calcutta)
68 – Lasith Malinga (Mumbai WS)
58 – Amit Mishra (Delhi)
52 – Yuzvendra Chahal (Bengalore)
51 – Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai WS)
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan (w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Tim David, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Untilhara
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy