India’s top national cricket team and Mumbai Indians (MI) pacer Jasprit Bumrah once again proved why he is considered one of the greatest bowlers in the history of Indian cricket.
Jasprit Bumrah breathed fire in the 25th match of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) against Royal Challengers Bengaluru led by Faf du Plessis (RCB) on Thursday, April 11 at Mumbai’s iconic Wankhede Stadium.
When Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl first in the match, Jasprit Bumrah made sure to give his team a great start by dismissing today’s great batsman Virat Kohli, who has been in top form in the last few years. . league edition. Kohli’s dismissal gave Mumbai Indians the perfect boost to not allow the opposing team to put a huge total on the board.
Jasprit Bumrah was not satisfied with just one wicket in the match and took four more to complete an exceptional haul of five wickets in the match. On two occasions, Jasprit Bumrah was on the verge of a hat-trick by dismissing Faf du Plessis and Mahipal Lomror as well as Saurav Chauhan and Vijaykumar Vyshak in consecutive deliveries. Unfortunately, Jasprit Bumrah couldn’t get a hat-trick in the match.
Meanwhile, when the leading pacer completed his 5-wicket haul in the match by dismissing Vijaykumar in the 4th ball of the 19th over, Rohit Sharma ran towards Bumrah to celebrate the wicket. The former Mumbai Indians captain lifted Jasprit Bumrah as the duo shared a touching moment.
Watch: Rohit Sharma lifts Jasprit Bumrah with delight
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Although Jasprit Bumrah couldn’t get a hat-trick against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, he made sure to register a great record to his name. The leading pacer became the leading wicket-taker against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL history with 29 scalps in his bag.
Most wickets against RCB (IPL):
29 J Bumrah
26 R Jadeja/Sandeep Sharma
24 S Narine
23 A Nehra / Harbhajan Singh
One of those days where what I was running was working – Jasprit Bumrah
During the mid-innings break, Jasprit Bumrah said that he had a good day on the field against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) as everything he tried worked perfectly in his favour. Jasprit Bumrah said:
“It was a good day. One of those days where what I was executing was working. The wicket looked sticky (from the start). Disappointed with my last ball.”
Jasprit Bumrah added that he has now become quite an experienced seamer and just tried to bowl good lengths to test the batsmen. He elaborated:
“When the first over was bowled, I noticed the ball was gripping a little bit. I wanted to bowl a good length. I’ve been doing this for 11 years, so I’m used to it. What happened at the end was dew. It started and it was better to keep batting. I don’t want to get too high or too low with the good and bad days. This game is a great leveller. I want to keep working hard. The wicket got better. DK played a special “Here, it’s difficult to stop someone when he gets on going”.
