Jasprit Bumrah is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team in all formats of the game. A right-arm fast bowler with a unique bowling action, Jasprit Bumrah is widely regarded as one of the best bowlers in the world and as one of the greatest fast bowlers India has ever produced.
During the 2013–14 season of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, John Wright, who was then the head coach of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Mumbai Indians (MI) and scouting for the team at the time, was impressed by Jasprit Bumrah’s performance and invited him to sign up for the franchise.
Jasprit Bumrah has played for the Mumbai Indians since 2013 IPL and helped the team win the title five times in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020. He has taken 145 wickets in 120 matches in the IPL, with an average of 23.30 and an economy rate of 7.39, making him the second-highest wicket-taker for the team after Lasith Malinga. He has one five-wicket haul and two four-wicket hauls in the league.
Jasprit Bumrah’s early stint in IPL
Jasprit Bumrah at the age of 19, grabbed instant limelight during his IPL debut, where he concluded with figures of 3/32 against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Despite Virat Kohli hitting him for three fours in his first four deliveries of the IPL, Jasprit Bumrah managed to dismiss him on the fifth ball, with Kohli scoring 24 runs and Jasprit Bumrah securing his maiden IPL wicket. He was then benched for the remainder of the season and only played in the match against the Delhi Daredevils, where he failed to take a wicket.
Despite only playing 2 matches in the 2013 season, the Mumbai Indians retained him for the 2014 season. He went wicketless in his first two matches of the 2014 season. However, in the match against RCB, he took two wickets for 22 runs at an economy rate of 5.50, including the crucial wicket of AB de Villiers.
It was his best bowling figures of the season. Jasprit Bumrah played in 11 of Mumbai’s 15 matches and finished as the team’s fifth leading wicket-taker of the season, securing five wickets at an economy rate of 7.58 and an average of 60.20. MI retained Bumrah once again ahead of the 2015 Indian Premier League. Jasprit Bumrah played in only four of MI’s sixteen matches and took three wickets at an economy rate of 12.26.
Post the disastrous first 3 seasons with Mumbai Indians (MI) was considering replacing Jasprit Bumrah for the next seasons in the auction but the then skipper of Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma supported Jasprit Bumrah . According to former Indian and MI player Parthiv Patel it was instrumental how in his low in the initial phase of his career MI now Indian skipper supported and turned Jasprit Bumrah into the worldwide sensation we see as of today.
Rohit Sharma felt that Jasprit Bumrah is a solid player and MI should keep him- Parthiv Patel
“Rohit is always with the players and the biggest examples of it are Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya. Bumrah joined MI in 2014, but when he played his first season in 2015, it didn’t turn out that well. MI had decided to drop Bumrah midway through the season but Rohit felt this is one solid player and that they should keep him. And you saw how from 2016, Bumrah’s performance reached the next level,”
Although Jasprit Bumrah has been part of MI’s five title runs between 2013 and 2020, he was a major contributor in their final three triumphs in 2017, 2019, and 2020. In those three seasons, the 30-year-old combined for an incredible 66 wickets in 47 outings.
However as Jasprit Bumrah continues to be the mainstay of Mumbai Indians bowling in IPL season 2024, Hardik Pandya has joined the Mumbai Indians (MI) camp ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday. The all-rounder is set to captain Mumbai Indians (MI), replacing their five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy-winning skipper Rohit Sharma in the 2024 season of the cash-rich league.