Having been adjudged the Man of the Match in the Qualifier 1 against the Delhi Capitals, Jasprit Bumrah has said that he is not at all worried about the outcome of a game and rather being focussed on executing the plans in the best way possible. Bumrah was sensational with the ball and uprooted the Delhi Capitals’ batting order right from the start to the end.
"I am okay with not getting wickets and winning the tournament, I have been given a role so I just want to execute that role. I am always ready when the captain wants me to bowl. I don't focus on the end result. When I have done that it's always gone downhill,” Bumrah said in the post-match presentation ceremony after helping his side in earning a spot in the IPL final.
Bumrah was assigned a somewhat different task by Rohit Sharma in the Qualifier as he was being held back in the past game to control the momentum of the game in the middle overs. However, ending an in-form Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit decided to team up Bumrah with Boult with the new ball and it worked wonders for the team as the Delhi’s top order was down to the drain even before opening the score.
Bumrah showed his impeccable presence of mind by bowling a fast and swinging yorker to Shikhar Dhawan who seemed to be late on the ball as he must have been expecting a fuller ball in on the off stump line. The fact that the yorker came out well on the night and it dismissed Dhawan left Bumrah pleased with his efforts. "Opening yorker was really important. I decided I will do that early in the game and when it comes off it's always nice," Bumrah said of his searing yorker to Dhawan in the second over of the Capitals’ chase.
The Qualifier game was nothing short of sensational for both Bumrah and the Mumbai Indians as the two bowlers achieved an outstanding feat of double-wicket maidens. Trent Boult bowled the first over of the inning and scalped out the big wickets of Prithvi Shaw and Ajinkya Rahane on consecutive balls followed by Bumrah’s efforts of a double-wicket maiden in the 16th over by dismissing Marcus Stoinis and Daniel Sams. It was the first time in the history of the IPL that two bowlers of the same team achieved double-wicket maidens in a game.
It was a second double wicket-maiden for Bumrah for the season as the purple cap holder this year had already taken two wickets in an over without conceding any runs in a match against the Royals Challengers Bangalore.
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