Jasprit Bumrah’s wicket drought ends in IPL 2026, watch the star pacer’s dream comeback in the video

First Wicket Of Jasprit Bumrah In IPL 2026: Mumbai Indians star pacer Jasprit Bumrah ended his drought of wickets in IPL 2026 by dismissing Gujarat Titans opener Sai Sudarshan for a ‘golden duck’ on Monday, April 20. After being invited to bat first at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, MI scored 199/5 in 20 overs.

Bumrah’s first wicket in IPL 2026

Jasprit Bumrah could not take any wicket in the first 5 matches of Mumbai Indians this season. He immediately showed amazing performance against GT and showed Sudarshan the way to the pavilion on the very first ball of the chase. The left-handed batsman played a high drive on the off side, but the ball could not cross the infield. Debutant Krishna Bhagat took a simple catch, and Bumrah celebrated his first wicket of the current IPL season with a million dollar smile.

Mumbai’s explosive victory

Thanks to Jasprit Bumrah’s success on the first ball, MI made a great start in bowling. Captain Hardik Pandya also joined the celebration and in the very next over, Jos Buttler (5 runs off 6 balls) was out LBW and sent to the pavilion. The match ended with the victory of Mumbai Indians, the 5-time champions won the match by 99 runs.

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Aakash Chopra won praises

Team India’s former opener and current commentator Aakash Chopra said that no one would have expected that Jasprit Bumrah would remain wicketless in the first 5 matches of this season. He praised this fast bowler and called him one of the best bowlers of this generation.

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When Bumrah finally opened his account, cricketer-turned-commentator Chopra wrote on Sports really makes everyone equal.

Great spell by Bumrah

In his 3 over spell with the new ball against Gujarat Titans, Bumrah gave 15 runs and took one wicket, during which his economy rate was 5.00. This is the second win for Mumbai Indians in the 19th season of the Indian Premier League, whereas they had to face defeat in 4 matches.

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