IPL: Ranking Mumbai Indians’ five greatest bowlers of all time
These bowlers brought cheers to the faces of MI supporters numerous times with their glorifying bowling displays.
2. Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah broke into the IPL scene in 2013 after getting picked in the MI squad for their sixth league season. In the first three editions (2013-2015), he got a few matches but the young Bumrah couldn’t provide anything solid to the team during his learning phase. However, his team remained patient and waited for him to become a mature bowler under the guidance of Sri Lanka legend and MI stalwart Lasith Malinga.
In 2016, he finally had a phoenix rise and emerged as a strike bowler for Mumbai. With 15 scalps in 14 games at an economy of 7.80, he became the second-leading wicket-taker for his team in the season. Encouraged by his previous year’s performance, the Ahmedabad-born speedster wreaked havoc on batters in the 2017 installment of the competition as well. In that year, the pacer took 20 wickets in 16 matches of the competition and help his team bag the title for a record third time.
Similarly, in the 2020 title victory, he claimed 27 wickets and came out as the most efficient bowler of the season for MI. Currently, he is an integral part of Mumbai as the veteran spearheads the fast-bowling unit after the retirement of Lasith Malinga in 2021. He has, however, been ruled out of the 2023 season on medical grounds, thus leaving Mumbai with an unfillable void.
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