Mumbai Indians’ seasoned pacer Jasprit Bumrah once again proved his mettle in high-pressure situations, delivering a standout performance that helped MI clinch a 20-run victory over Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2025 Eliminator. Playing at New Chandigarh, Bumrah returned with figures of 1 for 27 in his four overs — maintaining a superb economy rate of 6.75 — and dismissed Washington Sundar with a perfect yorker to break a vital 84-run partnership with Sai Sudharsan.
Bumrah’s spell turned the momentum in MI’s favor as they restricted GT to 208/6 in response to their imposing total of 228/5. With this win, MI have advanced to face Punjab Kings in Qualifier 2 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, where the winner will secure a place in the final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on June 3.
“This Game Isn’t Over Until Bumrah Finishes Bowling”: AB de Villiers
Speaking about Bumrah’s impact, former South Africa legend AB de Villiers praised the star pacer’s ability to change the course of knockout games.
“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅. 𝑵𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑮𝑻 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑴𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 – 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑱𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝑩𝒖𝒎𝒓𝒂𝒉, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒅𝒆 𝑽𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝑱𝒊𝒐𝑯𝒐𝒕𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓.
He also highlighted MI skipper Hardik Pandya’s strategic move of holding Bumrah back for the crucial overs.
“𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑩𝒖𝒎𝒓𝒂𝒉 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. 𝑺𝒂𝒊 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒔𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒎𝒓𝒂𝒉 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝑰 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒏, ‘𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒉𝒆’𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈.’ 𝑶𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒉𝒆’𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅.
AB de Villiers further mentioned that Sai Sudharsan’s dismissal to Richard Gleeson in the 16th over was another major moment in the match. Despite Gujarat Titans making a fight of it, dropped catches and untimely errors sealed their fate.
“𝑨 𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝑺𝒂𝒊 𝑺𝒖𝒅𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒍. 𝑯𝒆’𝒅 𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑮𝑻 – 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔, 𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒔, 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 – 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕,” 𝒅𝒆 𝑽𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒅.
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