IPL 2020: Jasprit Bumrah sets record for most wickets by an Indian cricketer

After scoring career-best figures of 4-1-14-4 against Delhi Capitals in IPL 2020's Qualifier 1 on Thursday, Jasprit Bumrah took his tally of wickets in IPL 2020 to 27.

With this, Jasprit Bumrah registers another bowling record to his name. Bumrah’s tally of 27 wickets in IPL 2020 is the most for an Indian bowler in a single IPL season.

Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah dismantled the Delhi Capitals top and middle-order as the team were 4 wickets down in the powerplay.

After returning in the 16th over, Bumrah picked two more wickets and was adjudged as the Man of the Match for his 4/14.

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Bumrah took his 27th wicket of the season in Qualifier against DC. He surpassed Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s tally of 26 wickets from 2017 and became the Indian with most scalps in a single IPL season.

The MI pacer also took the purple cap from Kagiso Rabada, who is now two wickets behind Bumrah. Rabada went wicketless against MI but will have another chance to grab the purple cap back in the eliminator on Sunday.

Mumbai Indians stormed into their second consecutive final and will meet the winner of Qualifier 2 on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi. Meanwhile, Delhi will have another chance to enter the final, as they face the winner of the Eliminator between Bangalore and Hyderabad.

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