IPL 2021: Bumrah bowls his most expensive spell in IPL history as Rayudu turns on the heat

Not often is Jasprit Bumrah taken for a ride while bowling and the chances of him going over 40-45 runs in an innings are very rare. But today, in a rare feat, Ambati Rayudu of Chennai Super Kings smashed him all over the park, resulting in the most expensive spell of Bumrah’s IPL career where he went for 56 runs in his four overs quota. 

When Bumrah came to bowl in his second spell, having conceded 25 in two and picked up the precious wicket of Moeen Ali, he was welcomed by Rayudu and Jadeja with a 21 run over which included a no-ball six. Having conceded 46 in three overs, it could be said that Bumrah was unusually miser for the 19th over, conceding only 10 runs. One four in that over was actually a leg bye and might not have been counted in the 27-year-old’s account, but wasn’t given by the umpire. 

At the end of the innings, the CSK reached their highest ever total against Mumbai Indians - 218. Rayudu was the best man with the bat for the Yellow Army, scoring a 27 ball 72 with seven sixes and four fours. 

The Mumbai Indians had won the toss at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi and decided to bowl first.