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“What a Spell”: Jasprit Bumrah Praises Akash Madhwal For Accomplishing Best Bowling Figures in IPL PLayoffs

Gurpreet Singh
|PublishedMay 24, 2023

"What a Spell": Jasprit Bumrah Praises Akash Madhwal For Accomplishing Best Bowling Figures in IPL PLayoffs

Jasprit Bumrah praised Akash Madhwal on his record-breaking spell. (Photos Courtesy: BCCI)

India and Mumbai Indians star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has joined the list of eminent cricketers in congratulating Akash Madhwal, who has just wreaked havoc with the ball in hand at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

With aplenty stars partaking in Indian Premier League 2023 Eliminator, it was Madhwal who owned the entire spotlight tonight after he returned with the best bowling figures (3.3-0-5-5) ever in the history of IPL playoffs.

Not only did he accomplish his maiden five-wicket haul in the T20 format, but his match-winning performance helped the Indians register a one-sided 81-run victory against Lucknow Super Giants.

The win has taken Mumbai to the final step of the staircase towards the grand finale, with now only Gujarat Titans standing in their way to join Chennai Super Kings for the ultimate clash in Ahmedabad.

Jasprit Bumrah Praises Akash Madhwal For Accomplishing Best Bowling Figures in IPL Playoffs

Having last tweeted on December 30, 2022, a not-so-active Bumrah on Twitter could have not missed an opportunity to praise Madhwal for coming up with a bowling performance of such quality. Bumrah, who has been out of action for eight months now, congratulated the 29-year-old for his fiery spell and the team on a top win.

Having given away those five runs at 1.4 runs per over, the Roorkee-born fast bowler also registered the most economical five-for ever in the tournament’s history. He broke former Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Anil Kumble‘s previous lowest economy rate record of 1.57. For the unversed, Kumble had returned with figures of 3.1-1-5-5 against Rajasthan Royals.

Madhwal’s figures have now also placed him at the fifth spot in the list of best bowling figures in IPL history.

Best Bowling Figures in IPL Playoffs

Bowler	Bowling figures	Team	Opposition	Ground	Year	Playoffs fixture
Akash Madhwal	5/5	Mumbai Indians	Lucknow Super Giants	Chennai	2023	Eliminator
Doug Bollinger	4/13	Chennai Super Kings	Deccan Chargers	Navi Mumbai	2010	Semi-final
Jasprit Bumrah	4/14	Mumbai Indians	Delhi Capitals	Dubai	2020	Qualifier 1
Dhawal Kulkarni	4/14	Gujarat Lions	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	2016	Qualifier 1
Anil Kumble	4/16	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Deccan Chargers	Johannesburg	2009	Final

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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.