The rhythm of the Mumbai Indians, Jasprit Bumrah, breathed fire on Sunday while the team recorded an easy 54 -point victory on Lucknow’s Super Giants in their 2025 IPL match at the Wankhede stadium. Bumrah returned figures of 4 for 22 in its quota of four overs while MI recorded its fifth consecutive victory in the edition. The right arm stimulator recorded a new record with its performance. He has become the largest flacked car holder in the history of the IPL with 174 counters, passing in front of 170 from Lasith Malingu.
Bumrah and Trent Boult (3/20) shone with the ball after Ryan Rickelton and Suryakumar Yadav hit half-century for MI.
After Rickelton (58 years old) and Suryakumar Yadav (54) helped Mi to publish 215 for 7 after being invited to beat first, Bumrah and Boult led the brilliant performance by the Quadors while LSG was thrilled for 161 in 20 Overs. This is the first victory for Mumbai Indians on LSG in the League phase, which occurred in seven games.
With this victory, Mi went secondly behind the Titans of Gujarat, joining the Capitals of Delhi and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru on 12 points. The winner of the DC VS RCB match played in New Delhi can exceed them and move to the top of the table with 14 points.
It was a clinical performance of the fivefold champions while Bumrah and Boult claimed five counters for 21 points to accelerate the end for Lucknow super-managers. Bumrah has woven his magic in the overs of death, claiming three counters in one long.
Boult was no less impressive. Given short spells, he struck each time he was put into attack, finishing the sleeves by breaking Digvesh Rathi on the last ball of the match.
Bumrah, who came as an impact substitute in place of Rohit Sharma, struck the first blow for the Mumbai Indians in the third while Aiden Markram whipped a hectic length ball flat for Naman Dir for 9 balls on 11 balls. The opener Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Poornan passed the scoring after 50 in the Pooran before power game, which hammered Deepak Chahar for a sixth year in the sixth – the first broke out on the point, the second drives a deep point and the third shot on Midwicket.
Pooran (27 out of 15b), however, fell to Will Jacks in the next one; The change of Bowler by Pandya has borne fruit while the versatile English withdrew the first ball after the power game. One brought two while the horrible race of Rishabh Pant with the bat continued as it fell on the second ball after starting with four jacks, giving the English Bowler Offbreak its second counter of the match while LSG fell to 64/3 after finishing the electric game at 60/1.
Mitchell Marsh and Ayush Badoni passed the scoring after the hundred when they added 46 points for the fourth window. Boult returned to the action to remove Marsh from his first ball, while the Australian striker ran a traction at Tilak Varma.
Badoni, who struck Karn Sharma for the six consecutive and a four of Corbin Bosch, was released for 35, falling to Boult after another change of bowling of Pandya is paying.
Jasprit Bumrah accelerated the end of LSG with a triple window, sending David Miller (24), Abdul Samad (2) and Avesh Khan (0), the last two successive balls in a hectic 16th, disturbing the strikers with precise deliveries and a rapid change in rhythm while LSG went from 140/5 to 142/8 in six balls.
Earlier, in hot hot conditions aggravated by a high humidity, which transformed the Wankhede into a cauldron, Rickelton caught fire while it stormed its fifty balls in just 25 balls, marking the fastest half-century of the season for the Indians of Mumbai, which are on an unforgettable race of four games in IPL 2025.
He faced the first two Overs, and after a four in the first, played by Mayank Yadav, who played his first game of the season after his return from injury. But after having survived a run-out almost in the second, the South African counter exploded in action against Prince Yadav, marking him for six and two, the first, a straight journey, almost nailed Rohit Sharma.
Rohit shot Mayank for six consecutive in the third while the bowler player was not missing. But the young Tearaway had the last laugh when he ended the former Mumbai Indian captain, going beyond him with a wide slow with a blow that was cut directly to Prince Yadav in the third.
Rickelton hit the Spinner Digvez Rathi for two six interspersed by a four on the way to its second half-century of IPL 2025 on 25 balls. He fell in Rathi shortly after, trying to make room for a Googly goat, but managed to place it in Ayush Badoni. Its 58 came out of 32 balls and included six four and four.
He added 55 points for the second window with Will Jacks, who scored 29 out of 21 balls (3×4, 1×6) before being upset by Prince Yadav with a beautiful Yorker. Tilak Varma (6) fell at a lower cost when LSG removed things a little, the Mumbai Indians reaching 137/4 in 13 Overs.
However, Suryakumar Yadav continued to hold hard at the other end, striking Ravi Bishnoi for a six, followed by consecutive limits and also sent Avesh to the border when he finished his 4000 points in IPL.
Surya has reached its 50 balls on 27 balls, with a six off Avesh Khan. He had come out of the next ball, ending up covering a complete ball of a full ball, his 54 came out of 28 bullets and was strewn with four four and as many. He is now the main goalscorer of the 2025 IPL with 417 points of 10 rounds.
The skipper Hardik Pandya fell against five, cleaned up by the rhythm of Mayank Yadav, but Naman Dhir (25 steps out of 11) and the beginner Corbin Bosch (20 out of 10) gave the sleeves the final touch while the Mumbai Indians reached a large scoring.
For LSG, Mayank Yadav and Avesh Khan won a double with 2-40 and 2-42 respectively, while Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi and Ravi Bishnoi won a counter each.
(With the IANS inputs)
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