Mumbai, May 10: Mumbai Indians' pacer Jasprit Bumrah was the one who stole the show despite his team suffering a 52-run loss at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders at the DY Patil Stadium on Monday.
Though in a losing cause, the Indian pacer pocketed a fifer against the Knights in Mumbai. Bumrah's four-over spell at 5/10 against the Shreyas Iyer-led Knight Riders is his career-best bowling figure in the T20 format. The sizzling spell from the Indian pacer was hailed by the cricket fraternity.
Lauding Bumrah's show, former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh, took to Twitter and wrote, "One a kings, always a king. What a phenomenal spell @Jaspritbumrah93, Yaha form ki koi chinta nahi hai bhai."
Bumrah, who has not had a very impressive Indian Premier League season, arrived late on the stage but his spell against Knights put all doubts at rest. Hailing his return, former Indian batsman, Yuvraj Singh said, "Sorry what were you saying about @Jaspritbumrah93? Form is temporary class is forever Jassi jaisa koi nahi #matchwinner #MIvsKKR #IPL2022."
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Indian spinner Amit Mishra also took to Twitter to hail Bumrah's sizzling spell. Mishra wrote, "There are many ways to drain your energy. One of them is to keep trying attacking a bowler like Bumrah. A proven superstar of Indian cricket once again showed what makes him a trustworthy pacer."
Meanwhile, in the match, Bumrah halted KKR's strong start. After the Knights openers handed the side them a flying start, Bumrah put the brakes with a fifer and restricted KKR to 165/9. But Bumrah's stellar show was undone by the KKR as Pat Cummins three wickets in an over derailed MI.
While KKR kept their slim chances of making it to the playoffs alive, Mumbai, who are already out of the playoffs race, fell to their ninth defeat in the ongoing edition. Bumrah, despite ending up on the losing side, was adjudged Man-of-the-match for his stunning figures.
Here's how the cricketing world reacted to Bumrah's stunning spell:
You just saw why Bumrah is so special. What an over!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 9, 2022
Sorry what were you saying about @Jaspritbumrah93 🤷🏻♂️? 😁 form is temporary class is forever 💪 jassi jaisa koi nahi #matchwinner #MIvsKKR #IPL2022
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) May 9, 2022
Daddy showing who is the boss. Hope the young boys are watching. Class is permanent - @Jaspritbumrah93 @mipaltan #MIvsKKR #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/ENNFuOKvSu
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) May 9, 2022
Jasprit Bumrah and Umran Malik have won man of the match award in the losing cause in IPL 2022 - two spells to remember forever.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 9, 2022
Once a king, always a king🤴. What a phenomenal spell by @Jaspritbumrah93 🔥 Yaha form ki koi chinta nahi hai bhai. @mipaltan #MIvKKR pic.twitter.com/4Hrf2wIk2S
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 9, 2022