New Delhi. Jasprit Bumrah wreaked havoc on Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2024 on Thursday. Virat Kohli was the first victim of this havoc of Bumrah. When King Kohli did not have an answer to Bumrah’s killer bowling, then what could the rest of the RCB batsmen do? The result was that Bumrah took 5 wickets in the match and also won the Purple Cap of the tournament. This is the first time in IPL 2024 that a bowler has taken 5 wickets in a match.
Along with this, Jasprit Bumrah has snatched the purple cap of IPL 2024 from Yuzvendra Chahal. Jasprit Bumrah has taken 10 wickets in 5 matches in the tournament. Yuzvendra Chahal of Rajasthan Royals has also taken 10 wickets in 5 matches. But Bumrah is better in terms of average and on this basis the Purple Cap has now become his.
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Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Virat Kohli in his very first over against Royal Challengers. After this, his havoc on Bengaluru was wreaked in the 17th over of the innings, when he dismissed Faf Du Plessis and Mahipal Lomror on two consecutive balls. After this, Jasprit Bumrah again took 2 wickets in the 19th over of the innings. This time he dismissed Saurav Chauhan and Vijaykumar Vishak. His bowling analysis was 4-0-21-5.
In this race for Purple Cap, Bangladeshi pacer Mustafizur Rahman of Chennai Super Kings is at third place. He has taken 5 wickets in 4 matches. Arshdeep Singh, Gerald Coetzee and Mohit Sharma are strong in this race with 8 wickets each.
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Tags: IPL 2024, jasprit bumrah, Purple Cap
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 11, 2024, 21:47 IST