From training in canvas shoes to repeating IPL heroics, Mumbai Indians’ pacer Ashwani Kumar restarts once again
5 min readApr 21, 2026 07:45 AM IST Last year, when Punjab pacer Ashwani Kumar had played in his maiden IPL match for Mumbai Indians, the pacer from Jhanjhari village near Mohali had ended up with four wickets including wickets of Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey and Andre Russell in the match against the Kolkata side. On Monday evening, the 24-year-old once again ended up with four wickets in an IPL match with his spell of four for 24 during Mumbai Indians’ 99-run win over Gujarat Titans, Monday’s match was Kumar’s first match of this IPL season for the Mumbai side Kumar removed Titans’ batsmen Shubman Gill, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan and Shahrukh Khan in his spell and Kumar spoke about how he was thinking big ahead of his first match this IPL season and how he had the same performance last season too. “I was thinking of doing big in this match too. My thought was whatever match I will get, I will do better. Last year also, I …







