Indian pace bowling mainstay Jasprit Bumrah has completed eight years of his journey in the Indian Premier League and fortunately, all of them have come in the Blue and Gold of Mumbai Indians. Tweeting about this achievement of his, the 27-year-old fast bowler said that all the years have flown so fast that it just feels as if he started his career only yesterday.
A 19-year-old Bumrah from Gujarat had started his IPL career against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013 and had scalped the current Indian skipper Virat Kohli as his first wicket. In the last season, he once again got Kohli pout to celebrate his 100th wicket in IPL.
The Mumbai Indians would be starting their campaign against the RCB in what is going to be the inaugural match of this year’s edition at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on 9th April and Bumrah can’t wait to go out there and express himself. The Ahmedabad born had opted out of the T20I and ODI series against England to get married to Sanjana Ganesan.
Back on the playing field, Bumrah would look add on to his 109 wickets in IPL and take Mumbai Indians to what could be the first-ever hattrick of titles for an IPL side.