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Jasprit Bumrah the latest to draw Sunil Gavaskar’s ire over no-balls | Cricket News

Jasprit Bumrah the latest to draw Sunil Gavaskar’s ire over no-balls | Cricket News

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2 min readMay 5, 2026 10:22 AM IST Batting great and former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has often quite publicly made known his disdain for bowlers conceding front-foot no-balls and as it turns out, even someone of the stature of Jasprit Bumrah is not immune from this. Bumrah is enduring arguably his worst season in the Indian Premier League this year and it simply didn’t get better on Monday night in Mumbai Indians’ match against the Lucknow Super Giants. The ace pacer went wicketless and conceded 45 runs in his four overs. His night was summed up in the 14th over, which was his third of the match. Bumrah sent in the third ball back of a length. It stayed low and moved away late a tad bit from the batsman Himmat Singh, who poked at it and ended up edging it to the wicketkeeper. Except none of it mattered because the siren went off for a front-foot no-ball. That was alread his second no-ball of the day. Bumrah followed that up by smearing a …

Experts point to the overusage of slower balls from Jasprit Bumrah as the reason behind his poor form: ‘gone over the top’

Experts point to the overusage of slower balls from Jasprit Bumrah as the reason behind his poor form: ‘gone over the top’

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3 min readUpdated: May 2, 2026 11:29 AM IST It is an unusually poor season for Jasprit Bumrah for the Mumbai Indians. The wickets have not been coming as Bumrah is accustomed, and strangely enough, the Mumbai ace-pacer has taken a bit of tapping in recent games. Experts have observed that there is a dip in the pace of Bumrah, and he has also been over-reliant on the slower ones, which is a byproduct of playing on slightly sluggish surfaces at the backend of the T20 World Cup 2026 that is causing his downfall. “I think it was also influenced a little bit by the back end of T20 World Cup. Because of the nature of surfaces, lots of games taken place, the slower ball became so effective. I think at the start of this tournament, it was kind of a hangover of that one was effective, let’s stick with it,” former South African cricketer Shaun Pollock said on Cricbuzz. Reminding the strengths of Bumrah, Pollock said: “He still needs to understand that his speed …

Jasprit Bumrah’s IPL slump triggered by T20 World Cup hangover: ‘He has gone over the top’

Jasprit Bumrah’s IPL slump triggered by T20 World Cup hangover: ‘He has gone over the top’

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Jasprit Bumrah’s struggles have unexpectedly become one of the major talking points of IPL 2026, something few would have predicted before the tournament began. Coming off a stellar T20 World Cup where he played a key role in India’s title defence, Bumrah entered the season with high expectations. Over the years, he has been a proven match-winner for both India and Mumbai Indians, consistently delivering in pressure situations. His reputation as a bowler who unsettles batters with pace, precision, and control has rarely been questioned. Jasprit Bumrah has been struggling in the ongoing IPL. (AP) However, this season has told a different story. Bumrah has found it difficult to maintain his usual standards, conceding runs at an uncharacteristic rate while picking up just two wickets in nine matches. His dip in form has mirrored MI’s struggles, with the team currently languishing in ninth place on the points table and facing an uphill battle to stay in contention for the playoffs. There have also been concerns around his approach. An increased reliance on slower deliveries has …

IPL 2026: ‘He’ll come better prepared; he won’t be Jasprit Bumrah…’ Ian Bishop on Mitchell Starc against Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Cricket News

IPL 2026: ‘He’ll come better prepared; he won’t be Jasprit Bumrah…’ Ian Bishop on Mitchell Starc against Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Cricket News

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4 min readMay 1, 2026 04:41 PM IST With his tally of 400 runs in nine innings at a strike rate of 238.09 this IPL, teen sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has blasted his way to runs in power plays. The 15-year-old has hit bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, Josh Hazelwood and Pat Cummins for sixes this season and will be expected to face Aussie pacer Mitchel Starc during Rajasthan Royals’ match against Delhi Capitals today evening. With Starc having joined Delhi Capitals earlier this week and expected to play in his first competitive match since January after shoulder and elbow injuries, former West Indies pacer Ian Bishop believes the Australian pacer will come better prepared against a batsman like Sooryavanshi. When asked about whether Starc will expect the same treatment which Sooryavanshi gave to the likes of Bumrah, Bishop replied that Starc won’t be Bumrah. “No, I think you have to give Mitchell Starc credit. He’ll come better prepared; he won’t be Jasprit Bumrah,” Bishop said on ESPNCricinfo. Delhi Capitals are currently sitting at seventh spot in …

IPL 2026: Abhishek Sharma vs Jasprit Bumrah – what will happen when unstoppable force meets immovable object | Cricket News

IPL 2026: Abhishek Sharma vs Jasprit Bumrah – what will happen when unstoppable force meets immovable object | Cricket News

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5 min readUpdated: Apr 28, 2026 07:40 PM IST When Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) face Mumbai Indians (MI) on Wednesday, one of the most significant individual battles could begin straight away: Jasprit Bumrah vs Abhishek Sharma. It is a clash between one of the IPL’s greatest pacers and one of its most dangerous Powerplay batters. But beyond reputations, there is a more specific tactical question. Can Bumrah’s slower ball change the scoring areas that have powered Abhishek’s best innings in IPL 2026? The head-to-head numbers can give MI confidence. Across five IPL innings against Bumrah, Abhishek has scored only 17 runs from 23 balls at a strike rate of 73.91 and has been dismissed twice.The numbers suggest that Bumrah has not allowed Abhishek to get off to a start. That is significant because SRH’s batting model depends heavily on fast starts. A look at the left-hander’s major innings this season shows a clear pattern. Most of his runs have come through the offside. In his 74 off 28 balls against Punjab Kings, 53 percent of his …

‘Not a Hardik Pandya problem’: Mumbai Indians captain on Jasprit Bumrah’s season so far | Cricket News

‘Not a Hardik Pandya problem’: Mumbai Indians captain on Jasprit Bumrah’s season so far | Cricket News

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2 min readApr 21, 2026 05:21 PM IST Jasprit Bumrah finally took his first wicket of IPL 2026, in what was his sixth game of the season, when he sent back the dangerous Sai Sudharsan, in Mumbai Indians’ victory over Gujarat Titans. In what was a rare time that Bumrah was handed the ball to bowl the first over of an innings, he responded by picking up a wicket on the first ball. In the post-match presentation, after Mumbai won the game Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya was asked a question about Bumrah taking a wicket on the first ball of the first over of the GT innings. “Yeah, it’s quite fascinating. I’ve seen a lot of people ask why Jasprit has never bowled the first over. But if you see, it’s been 151 appearances and I think eight or nine times Jasprit has bowled the first over. So I don’t think it’s a Hardik Pandya problem. It’s just that Jasprit Bumrah is so special that you use him wherever it’s required for the team, …

Powerplay specialists to Jasprit Bumrah, where it’s going wrong for Mumbai Indians | Cricket News

Powerplay specialists to Jasprit Bumrah, where it’s going wrong for Mumbai Indians | Cricket News

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4 min readMumbai/ New DelhiApr 17, 2026 06:30 PM IST Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians have had a torrid start to IPL 2026, losing their fourth match in a row to Punjab Kings on Thursday to languish in ninth place on the points table. The Hardik Pandya-led side began their season by beating Kolkata Knight Riders in their season opener, but since then have seen a worrying dip in fortunes. From powerplay specialists to middle-order enforcers, several of their core players have had a difficult start to the new season, which has exposed gaps in both execution and role clarity. Deepak Chahar & Trent Boult (Powerplay) The new ball bowling pair of Deepak Chahar and Trent Boult have seen their powerplay prowess sharply decline in IPL 2026. Between 2023 and 2025, Chahar took 23 wickets in 32 innings at 8.49. In IPL 2026, those numbers have come down to one wicket at an economy rate of 12 runs per over.Boult led the powerplay IPL charts between 2023 and 2025 with 32 scalps in 41 matches …

IPL: How a Jasprit Bumrah dropped catch fueled Prabhsimran Singh’s match-winning knock | Cricket News

IPL: How a Jasprit Bumrah dropped catch fueled Prabhsimran Singh’s match-winning knock | Cricket News

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Helped by Prabhsimran Singh’s 80 and Arshdeep Singh’s 3/22, PBKS beat MI by 7 wickets to climb to the top of IPL 2026 points table Last year, the Punjab Kings (PBKS) had perhaps their best IPL season in over a decade, but fell at the final hurdle. In the early stages of IPL 2026, they look determined to go that one step further, maintaining their winning run against a hapless Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. The cornerstone to each of PBKS’ three wins in IPL 2026 before Thursday was a platform set up by one of their openers at the top of the order. After Priyansh Arya had stolen the show against Chennai Super Kings, his partner Prabhsimran Singh rose to the occasion with a 25-ball 51 against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday. The right-hander showed that performance was not a one-off on Thursday, smashing his way to an unbeaten 80 runs off 39 balls, in an innings filled with 11 fours and two sixes, to hand the five-time champions an unprecedented fourth …

RCB fast bowler Josh Hazlewood is second only to Jasprit Bumrah in mastering the T20 format | Cricket News

RCB fast bowler Josh Hazlewood is second only to Jasprit Bumrah in mastering the T20 format | Cricket News

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4 min readApr 15, 2026 09:42 PM IST The ideal T20 bowler may not be the quickest or possess bewildering excesses of variations. He may just be taller, cleverer and more accurate than most. Like Josh Hazlewood is. For much of his career, the prime years in his twenties, he was misconstrued as a T20 outlier, playing only three games in 2,161 days for his country and repeatedly getting snubbed in auctions. At 35, he is arguably amongst the best fast bowlers in the format, almost equal to Jasprit Bumrah. When RCB acquired him in 2022 (for a not-so-unearthly 7.5 million USD), no one imagined he would be as influential as he would turn out to be. The shorter boundaries of the M Chinnaswamy, his home ground, rang sirens of peril; the batting-friendliness of the surface made the choice seemed counterintuitive. Besides, he didn’t fit the post-modern T20 bowler’s mould. He was not super quick, he does not swing or seam the ball appreciably like his Australian teammate Mitchell Starc. He cannot wield an album …

Sunil Grover hilariously mimics Rohit Sharma as he fumbles lines in ad shoot, fans say ‘Jasprit Bumrah lag raha hain’

Sunil Grover hilariously mimics Rohit Sharma as he fumbles lines in ad shoot, fans say ‘Jasprit Bumrah lag raha hain’

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Is anyone surprised that Sunil Grover has nailed yet another mimicry of someone? He has won over fans during his stint at The Great Indian Kapil Show with impeccable mimicry of everyone from Salman Khan to Udit Narayan. This time the actor and comedian transformed into cricketer Rohit Sharma for an ad with Netflix. Sunil nailed the carefree and bindass talking style and mannerisms for which Rohit is known for. (Also read: Sunil Grover’s masterful mimicry of Gulzar is so good that not only Shaan, but all of internet is floored: Real-life AI) Rohit Sharma also had an appearance in the ad shoot, where Sunil Grover impersonated him. Sunil Grover as Rohit Sharma In the new ad, Sunil as Rohit arrives for a Netflix ad shoot, where he is seen wearing the Mumbai Indians jersey. Sunil walked just like Rohit, and even his way of talking and responding was eerily similar to the cricketer. Sunil shoots for pictures even as the advertisement director casts his doubts that he looks somewhat different, maybe AI. Sunil fumbles …