Jasprit Bumrah: In the 58th match of IPL 2026, Mumbai Indians (MI) performed brilliantly and defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 6 wickets. Captain Jasprit Bumrah has given the credit for the fourth win of this season to Tilak Verma and Shardul Thakur. Tilak batted brilliantly and played a explosive inning of 75 runs in 33 balls. Tilak hit 6 fours and six sixes during his innings. At the same time, Shardul Thakur bowled brilliantly and took 4 wickets for 39 runs in a spell of 4 overs. After the victory, captain Bumrah described Tilak’s batting and Shardul’s spell as the turning point of the match.
After the win, Bumrah said, “I think both Tilak’s innings and the way Shardul bowled should get equal credit. The way Tilak maintained his patience. Wickets were falling from the other end and some players could not contribute, but despite this, Tilak maintained his shape and confidence and finished the match. Will Jacques may have made a small contribution, but this kind of innings leaves a lot of impact in a T20 cricket match. From the team’s performance Happy and everyone contributed.”
Regarding captaining for the first time in IPL, Bumrah said, “Yes, this was the first match as captain. Like I said, I have captained in a Test match. I have captained in T20 International. Now only one game of ODI cricket is left. However, I don’t think it will happen (laughs), but joking aside. Really very happy. I really enjoyed the captaincy. The weather and the ground were good.”
Bumrah admitted that bowling is now becoming difficult in the last overs. He said, ‘It was a good match of cricket. Both teams played good cricket. After a good start we really bounced back. There were a few mistakes at the end when we dropped a few catches, but I think now it has become more difficult to bowl at the end. Yes, we had planned that we would bowl slow balls and in line with the stumps. What we saw in the last match and understood the game is that it is important to maintain your length, because if you try to bowl too short or too full, the ball is just going to fly because of the height. The bowlers executed the plan brilliantly, for which they deserve credit.”
