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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Jasprit Bumrah-Karun Nair had quite a face-off during Delhi Capitals’ recently concluded home game against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025. While Bumrah, playing his second game this season, ended up on the winning side, with Mumbai clinching this thriller by 12 runs, Nair’s monumental return to the cash-rich league had the internet talking. The right-handed batter impressed everyone with his brilliant 89 off 40 balls while chasing, hitting 17 boundaries, including five sixes, two of which came against Bumrah inside the Powerplay.
Taking on the world’s best bowler? @karun126 didn’t hesitate! 👏
🗣 “He’s reading Bumrah like a book!” – Harsha Bhogle, on air 🎙
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Meanwhile, when it looked like Nair had kept Delhi’s nose ahead in this run chase, he got out to Mitchell Santner. But, before that, Nair and Bumrah got into an intense argument, with MI captain Hardik Pandya becoming the peacemaker; however, what caught everyone’s attention was Rohit Sharma’s funny reaction to this brawl.
The incident occurred during one of Bumrah’s overs when Nair ran into him unintentionally, only for the premier quick to lose his cool over the same. Even though Nair apologised to him midway through his second run by raising his hand in the air, Bumrah approached him during the drinks break soon after, exchanging some words. Pandya entered the scene trying to make peace between the two, with veteran MI batter Rohit giggling and making funny expressions standing at a distance.
The average Delhi vs Mumbai debate in comments section 🫣
Don’t miss @ImRo45 ‘s reaction at the end 😁
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Mumbai Indians return to winning ways after a poor start this edition. Known to be late risers or the comeback kings, MI won two games thus far, climbing to the sixth spot on the points table with four points from six contested matches.
In an away game on Sunday night, MI batted first in Delhi, scoring a mammoth 205/5 in 20 overs. Rohit and Ryan Rickelton got MI off to a flyer, adding 47 inside five overs before Vipraj Nigam dismissed Rohit on 18.
The MI’s middle order contributed big time, from Suryakumar Yadav (40) to Tilak Varma (59) to Naman Dhir (38*) later in the innings, propelling them to go past 200.
Delhi lost Fraser McGurk on a first-ball duck but steadied the ship by bringing in their Impact Sub – Karun Nair next, who added 119 for the second wicket with gloveman Abishek Porel. Though that partnership almost had MI in their pocket, losing wickets in cluster afterwards cost the hosts as they failed to reclaim any momentum, eventually going down by 12 runs.
(With inputs from agencies)
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