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Mumbai Indians (MI) star pacer Jasprit Bumrah made a comeback after recovering from a back injury he sustained during Sydney Test in January 2025. Bumrah remained wicketless but was economical as he conceded 29 runs from his quota of four overs against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Wankhede Stadium. After MI's 12-run defeat, Bumrah receiving the dressing room award from captain Hardik Pandya. Bumrah motivated the troops as MI faced their fourth defeat of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 and urged them to be fresh for the next match against Delhi Capitals (DC).
"Felt really good but unfortunately this is how your T20 cricket goes. Competition is still on. We can get on a roll and we have to believe that we can. We're playing some good cricket. When we regroup in Delhi, we should be fresh and ready to go with belief that we can turn things around. We will give it out best shot," Bumrah said in the video posted by MI on their social media accounts.
Bumrah concedes 2 sixes in otherwise economical spell
Bumrah was introduced in the fourth over of the innings. On the first ball Virat Kohli faced, he hit him for a six over deep midwicket. After a 10-run over on return, Bumrah bowled the 11th over of the innings. He conceded just five runs against a well-set Kohli and captain Rajat Patidar. In the slog overs, he was handed the ball again. Patidar and wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh Sharma scored six singles off his over. In the final over, he conceded eight runs including a six from Jitesh's bat over wide long-on.
Hardik on Bumrah's importance
In the post-match presentation, Hardik was pleased to have Bumrah back in the side.
"Having him (Bumrah) makes any team in the world very special. He came in and did his job, very happy to have him," the MI skipper said.
Jayawardene says Bumrah is 'disappointed'
In the post-match press conference, head coach Mahela Jayawardene said that Bumrah is disappointed but in 'good nick'.
"I just spoke to him after the game and he looks in good nick," Jayawardene said. "He's disappointed as well. He wanted a win when he came back. But other than that, he looks fine. I think the pace was up, the execution was good."
Jayawardene also talked about not rushing Bumrah into the game. He expects more from MI's legendary bowler in games to come.
"Boom's [Bumrah] coming back from a three-month lay-off as well. So we just wanted to ease him into the competition, but he bowled well and he controlled things really well. The more he starts playing, [getting] game time, he'll get into it.
"The last time he was playing a Test match, all of a sudden he's playing a T20. So we need to understand that. The skills were brilliant but there are areas for us to improve."
MI are currently eighth on the points table with four losses from five games.
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