Jasprit Bumrah found his mojo back in the last few games of the IPL 2022 albeit too late for the Mumbai Indians who were the first team to be eliminated from the playoff race.
Jasprit Bumrah took a five-wicket haul – his first in the IPL – vs KKR, followed by figures of 1/12 vs CSK, and 1/32 vs SRH.
In MI’s last league game, at their home ground Wankhede Stadium, Bumrah once again cranked up the heat finishing with brilliant figures of 3/25 against the Delhi Capitals. He got rid of Mitchell Marsh, Prithvi Shaw and Rovman Powell, playing a significant role in restricting DC to 159.
He first had Mitchell Marsh, for a duck, the Australian edging a full delivery to Rohit Sharma at first slip.
Then, Prithvi Shaw’s dismissal came via a brute of a delivery, unplayable for the opener, rendering him unable to even see the ball as he only managed a glove to wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan.
A bouncer from Bumrah pitched well outside off but came in with the angle into Shaw, who was already on his leg stump guard and found the ball right into the line of his head. Shaw managed to pull out his head from the firing line. However, he couldn’t get his gloves away from the body and the ball thudded his glove and lobbed up and soon the batsman fell down to the ground. Kishan came forward and took a good diving catch.
You can watch the video here of Bumrah hurrying Shaw with a spectacular bouncer:
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Check out how fans reacted to the video:
What a Yorker by Jasprit Bumrah, cleans up Rovman Powell for 43. Wow, excellent by Boom.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 21, 2022
Relieved!
Jasprit Bumrah now has 15 wickets and sub-8 Economy Rate in every IPL season since 2016 – that’s 7 seasons in a row!
No IPL player has ever had this consistency.
— Cricketjeevi (@wildcardgyan) May 21, 2022
Jasprit Bumrah – 3/25 in 4 overs. What a fiery spell by Boom, the sheer exhibition of Yorkers tonight. One of the best spell by Bumrah, lovely bowling. pic.twitter.com/cxbcXPtvjg
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 21, 2022
Bumrah owned many players !
But Virat Kohli owns BumrahVirat Kohli against Jasprit Bumrah
140 – runs
92 – balls
152 – strike rate
35 – average
4 – dismissals pic.twitter.com/eBRySkBTHh— V༙I༙R༙A༙T༙ S༙T༙A༙N༙ ᵛᵏ (@Viratstan_) May 21, 2022
Jasprit Bumrah should be inducted as an honorary member of the RCB Hall of Fame. That was a brutal spell.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) May 21, 2022
Jasprit Bumrah becomes Second bowler in the history of IPL – To have picked 15 wickets in an IPL season for 7 consecutive IPL seasons. What a bowler, absolute Legend of this tournament. pic.twitter.com/Yoqb7E8HyH
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) May 21, 2022
Jasprit Bumrah Man of the Match. It was a top spell but not sure it had the same impact as Tim David’s knock…#IPL2022
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) May 21, 2022
Jasprit Bumrah in the last 4 matches in this IPL 2022:-
4-2-10-5
3-0-12-1
4-0-32-1
4-0-25-3Vintage Jasprit Bumrah is Back. This is very good news for India. pic.twitter.com/NwPkA5LcOd
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) May 21, 2022
What a Yorker by Jasprit Bumrah, cleans up Rovman Powell for 43. Wow, excellent by Boom.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 21, 2022
Boom BUMRAH beat in the world
@Jaspritbumrah93
— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) May 21, 2022
He then returned in the death overs to castle out Rovman Powell with a vintage Bumrah yorker as Powell missed his slog.
After the innings, Bumrah said that he doesn’t care much about the statistics or the wickets column as long as he’s executing his plans to satisfaction.
“Felt good. Was clear in my execution. Tried to do nothing out of the ordinary, just tried to bowl to my plan. Good day, my plans were executed. It’s not about wickets for me,” Bumrah said.
“Whenever I am clear and I am having fun while bowling, that’s when I enjoy my bowling. Wickets are not in my hands. I got wickets today but overall feel of the bowling when I got the ball in my hands, felt good right from the word go. Of course you love taking wickets and you want to make an impact. But more than wickets I love bowling in any situation.”
