Jasprit Bumrah’s best performance in T20 helped the Mumbai Indians (200 out of 5) crush the Delhi Capitals (143 out of 8) by 57 runs in Qualifier 1 to reach the final of the 2020 IPL.
Jasprit Bumrah was at the top of Purple Cap’s tally at IPL 2020. (Courtesy of BCCI)
HIGHLIGHT
- Jasprit Bumrah grabbed 4 wickets for 14 runs of his 4 overs in MI’s 57-run win
- Bumrah now has 27 wickets from 15 games, the most by an Indian bowler in a single IPL season.
- Bumrah’s numbers are also the best for a Mumbai Indians bowler in an IPL playoff game.
Mumbai Indians fast pitcher Jasprit Bumrah set a new Indian record in the Indian Premier League with his four-pitch run against Delhi Capitals in Dubai on Thursday.
Bumrah grabbed 4 wickets for 14 runs of his 4 overs to bring his tally to 27 scalps this season, which is the most by an Indian bowler in a single IPL edition, improving on the previous best of 26 pacemaker wickets. Sunrisers Hyderabad Bhuvneshwar Kumar at the 2018 Edition.
Bumrah is also the only bowler this season to make two 4-wickets after his 4-for-20 against the Rajasthan Royals last month. His career best performance in T20 helped the Mumbai Indians (200 out of 5) crush the Delhi Capitals (143 out of 8) by 57 runs in Qualifier 1 to reach the final of the 2020 IPL.
The hour is coming, the man is coming!
Jasprit Bumrah is the man of the match for his match-defining bowling spell #MIvDC # Dream11IPL pic.twitter.com/n7ATP9gq6A
– IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) November 5, 2020
Bumrah’s numbers are also the best for a Mumbai Indians bowler in an IPL playoff game. His four overs included a double wicket maiden that virtually wiped out all hopes of a DC comeback at 16.
“I agree with not having land and winning the tournament. I don’t look at the land. They have given me a role and I try to execute it.
“The early terrain is important, especially when the dew comes in. I don’t usually focus on the end result. Whenever I have tried to focus on the end result, it goes downhill,” said Bumrah after collecting the Player award. of the Party. .
The victory also saw the Mumbai Indians reach their sixth IPL final and the first time in a row, a feat only the Chennai Super Kings have accomplished in the past.
“I guess this was the best so far. The way we came out with intention. The way de Kock and Surya hit after we lost a wicket in the second again, the way we closed and then clinical bowling.” , MI said captain Rohit Sharma after the game.
