Jasprit Bumrah smashes several records with second IPL fifer: Details
Jasprit Bumrah was on the money for Mumbai Indians against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in match number 25 of the Indian Premier League 2024 season on Thursday. Bumrah finished with 5/21 from four overs. Notably, this was Bumrah's second five-wicket haul. He also became the second bowler to have a fifer this season after LSG's Yash Thakur. RCB finished on 196/8 in 20 overs.
A superb fifer for Bumrah
Bumrah's first dismissal came in the form of Virat Kohli in the third over of RCB's innings. Bumrah dismissed Kohli for the fifth time in the IPL. After conceding four runs in the 11th over, Bumrah came to bowl in the 17th. He dismissed the dangerous Faf du Plessis and got Mahipal Lomror. In his final over, Bumrah dismissed Saurav Chauhan and Vijaykumar Vyshak.
Fourth bowler with two fifers in IPL
Playing his 125th match, Bumrah raced to 155 IPL scalps at 22.56. The MI pacer owns two five-wicket hauls and two four-fers in the cash-rich league. Bumrah has now joined the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat and James Faulkner with two five-wicket hauls in the IPL. Bumrah is the first MI bowler with multiple fifers.
Bumrah scripts these records versus RCB
As per ESPNcricinfo, Bumrah is now the leading wicket-taker versus RCB in the IPL. The right-arm pacer owns 29 wickets from 19 matches at 19.03. He surpassed Sandeep Sharma and Sunil Narine (26 wickets each). Notably, Bumrah is the first bowler to claim a fifer versus the RCB. The previous best performance was 4/10 by Ashish Nehra for CSK in Bengaluru in 2015.
Purple Cap holder in IPL 2024
Bumrah has raced to 10 scalps in the IPL 2024 season from five matches. He averages 11.90 with his economy rate being 5.95. Bumrah equaled Yuzvendra Chahal in terms of most IPL wickets this season. Chahal has 10 wickets at 13.20.