With only a couple of hours left for IPL 2022 to begin, ace Mumbai Indians fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah shared a heartfelt note on Instagram. The 2022 season will be Bumrah’s 10th season with the Mumbai franchise.
Bumrah made his first appearance for the Mumbai-based franchise in the 2013 season against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). An unknown entity with a unusual action at the time, the right-arm pacer grabbed the headlines for taking the wicket of India’s premier batter Virat Kohli on his debut.
Since then, Bumrah has grown from strength to strength and become one of the best pacers in the world in all three formats of the game.
As he all set to enter the 10th season, Jasprit Bumrah shared an moving video montage of his decade-long journey with the franchise and wrote an emotional caption.
“This is my 10th season of the IPL, so many memories and special moments. Through the ups and downs, the highs and lows and everything in between, I’m grateful for everything that was and hopeful for everything to come,” Bumrah captioned the post.
Jasprit Bumrah has 130 IPL wickets under his belt
Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah has played a key part each of MI’s five IPL title wins. He won the Man of the Match award in the 2019 final when Rohit Sharma‘s men beat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by one run in a thrilling finale.
Overall, the 28-year-old has played 106 matches for the franchise in the cash-rich league and taken 130 wickets at an economy of just 7.41.
He will play a crucial role when the five-time IPL champion kickstart their IPL 2022 journey against Delhi Capitals on Sunday.