'He's human': Steyn makes big statement on Bumrah's poor IPL season

NEW DELHI: Known for giving batters a pugnacious time, rattling stumps and troubling them with toe-crushing yorkers, Jasprit Bumrah did not person the champion of campaigns with the shot successful Indian Premier League 2026 arsenic helium managed to assertion conscionable 4 wickets successful the tournament.However, erstwhile South Africa pacer Dale Steyn backed Bumrah contempt his disappointing play and said the Indian speedster would instrumentality powerfully adjacent twelvemonth and could adjacent triumph the Purple Cap.

Steyn besides reminded critics that Bumrah had played a important relation successful India’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup triumph conscionable a mates of months earlier."He won a World Cup conscionable a period and a half, 2 months ago, and helium was astir apt 1 of the bowlers of the tournament.

So you can't absorption connected him primarily. He had a atrocious tourney (IPL). There person been bully batters astatine this IPL that haven't deed the crushed running. Okay. So it shows that he's human," Steyn said connected AB de Villiers' YouTube channel."He'll travel backmost beardown and adjacent play he'll astir apt triumph the Purple Cap adjacent season," Steyn said.Bumrah besides missed Mumbai Indians' past league match, which the five-time champions mislaid by 30 runs.Mumbai Indians ended their IPL 2026 run successful ninth spot connected the points table. They managed conscionable 4 wins and suffered 10 defeats successful 14 matches.Bumrah has besides been rested for India’s upcoming location bid against the Afghanistan nationalist cricket team, with the squad absorption aiming to guarantee helium returns afloat acceptable up of a demanding planetary calendar aboriginal this year.

Mumbai Indians successful IPL 2026

Matches: 14Wins: 4Losses: 10Points: 8Net Run Rate: -0.584Final Position: 9th (Eliminated)