A whopping 439 runs were scored in 40 overs at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday during Mumbai Indians’ maiden win in Indian Premier League 2024, against Delhi Capitals. None of the 12 bowlers — except one — conceded less than eight runs an over. Add to the fact that the exception to the batting carnage finished with figures of 4-0-22-2 and it underlines how exceptional Jasprit Bumrah was on the day.
For the pace sensation, however, it was just another day out on the park. When Bumrah — with his uncanny action, ability to generate pace and bounce, accurate seam position and control in bowling toe-crushers at will — is in full flow, the best of the batters struggle to see him off, let alone go after him.
Ask Prithvi Shaw, the Delhi Capitals opener who was batting in the 60s, who had to up the ante if his team was to have a remote chance of getting close to the Mumbai Indians’ gargantuan 234. Bumrah is reintroduced into the attack, for his second over, in the 12th over. He stifles Shaw and his set partner Abishek Porel, conceding just two singles in his first four balls.
