Bumrah leaves everyone in awe after another game-turning spell that saw him dismiss Sundar at a crucial juncture of the game.
Bumrah leaves Aaron, Moody in awe after delivering another masterful performance.
“He’s like an antidote, a vaccine that can cure any illness, which a bowling side can have.”
Varun Aaron used such phrase to describe Jasprit Bumrah following the Mumbai Indians (MI) seamer’s 1 for 27 performance in his team’s victory over Gujarat Titans (GT) in the IPL 2025 Eliminator. In a match when the run rate over 40 overs was 11.20, Bumrah gave up just 6.75 runs per over.
“If you want wickets, he comes and gets you wickets. If you want to stop runs, he stops runs for you. Man, what a bowler,” Aaron said on ESPNcricinfo’s Time Out. “And the belief he has in his ability. You have an international coach [Mahela Jayawardene] who is obviously panicking because his bowlers have suddenly started to go to the cleaners, and he just turns around and is like ‘just calm down, I’ll do the job for you’. Comes in, runs in, gets hit for a six and then gets that ball.”
The yorker that Bumrah produced in the 14th over of the chase to flatten Washington Sundar’s leg stump and leave him face-down on the ground was the ball Aaron was referring to. Washington was on track to hunt 229 down at the time, well-set on a 23-ball 48 and accompanied by B Sai Sudharsan. However, the expulsion caused GT’s odds of winning to fall from 41.82% to 23.31% in a four-run over. It was a moment from which GT never truly recovered, save from being a candidate for ball of the tournament.
After his most recent stint, Bumrah topped the IPL 2025 records for best economy and best average (min. five overs). He ranks No. 6 on the wicket-takers’ ranking even though he has played four fewer games than the other members of his MI team.
Tom Moody chose “pure class” over “luxury” when Hardik Pandya referred to him during the Friday night post-match discussion.
“The challenge every opposition has to Mumbai Indians, and Jasprit Bumrah more importantly, is that the 24 balls he bowls are such a threat,” Moody said. “It’s not impossible but it’s so difficult to get big overs against him. So you’re really playing 20 overs versus 16 to a certain extent. And he is so far ahead of the rest, it’s ridiculous.”