IPL 2019: Jasprit Bumrah is a Special Bowler with Special Skill Sets Says AB de Villiers

Mar 30, 2019 at 4:11 PM

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IPL 2019: Jasprit Bumrah is a Special Bowler with Special Skill Sets Says AB de Villiers

Jasprit Bumrah showed why he is the best ODI bowler in the world after he bowled superbly to take Mumbai Indians to a thrilling victory by 6 runs in their 2nd match of the tournament against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. AB de Villiers looked in sublime touch and remained unbeaten on 70 of 44 deliveries as MI completed a narrow victory by 6 runs.

It was the exceptional knock from the blade of AB de Villiers which kept RCB in the game. They needed 61 to win from the last 5 and it was Hardik Pandya conceded 20 runs to tilt the scales in RCB’s favour. However, Jasprit Bumrah bowled a special 17th over conceding only 1 run and bagging the wicket of Shimron Hetmyer.

With 21 required off the last 2, Bumrah conceded just 4 runs in the 19th over. In the end, it was Lasith Malinga who kept his nerves and delivered the killer punch. He bowled some good Yorkers after conceding a six of the first ball. Eventually, he bowled in the right areas and helped MI defend the score of 187.

AB de Villiers (Credits: BCCI)

 “Chasing well, we needed 61 runs from the last five overs with seven wickets in hand. One big over would keep us in the hunt, and Shimron Hetmyer and I managed to take 20 runs off the 16th over bowled by Lasith Malinga,” De Villiers wrote in his column for Times of India.

De Villiers was quick to add that Jasprit Bumrah is a special talent with special skill sets. De Villiers felt that he hasn’t faced a bowler who has managed to get more pace of the deck than Bumrah at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Mr 360 lauded Bumrah for sticking to his plans and executing it more often than not.

“Then Jasprit took the ball. He has special skills. It may be something to do with his wrists, but he is slippery, managing to get more pace off the deck than any bowler I’ve ever faced at the Chinnaswamy. He’s also brave. Under pressure, when many panic, he sticks to his plans, backs his ability and, very often, executes perfectly,” he wrote.

“Look at the ICC rankings for ODI bowlers, and you will see that Jasprit Bumrah is currently No.1 in the world. The stats don’t lie,” De Villiers wrote.

It was for the first time that De Villiers remained unbeaten at the of an IPL innings and still ended on the losing side. It was a special knock which eventually went in vain. The form of de Villiers will be very important for Bangalore through the course of the tournament.

AB de Villiers (Credits: BCCI)

“It was strange at the end. I didn’t know what to do. It was the first time I had been not out at the end of an IPL match, and been on the losing side,” De Villiers, who scored an unbeaten 70 off 41 balls against MI, said.

I had batted first and set a target of 187, par on a decent pitch. We pulled them back well after a quick start, taking wickets regularly, but we missed an opportunity to bowl them out for 160 and let them benefit from a few weak closing overs,” the South African added.

Meanwhile, the 9th match of IPL 12 is currently in progress between Mumbai Indians and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The night game will feature Kolkata Knight Riders and the Delhi Capitals. Both the matches are expected to be humdingers as it has been in most of the matches of the tournament,

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