Vaibhav Suryavanshi sent out a loud message on Tuesday evening: he was not going to let a big-name bowler intimidate him. The 15-year-old took the very first ball he faced from Jasprit Bumrah and deposited it for a six, and he followed it up with another maximum in the same over—an assault that left Bumrah, the rest of the field, and the crowd visibly rattled.
RR vs MI: Suryavanshi’s burst and Bumrah’s rare drought
- In the RR vs MI clash at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Tuesday night, Suryavanshi stole the spotlight with a rapid 14-ball 39 that became the defining moment early in the chase.
- His fireworks came alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal’s match-winning contribution of 77 not out off 32 deliveries, in a rain-truncated game that ended up turning into a home win for Rajasthan.
- With the match reduced to a target of 150, Mumbai Indians were never able to keep up with the tempo established by Rajasthan’s top order.
- MI ultimately fell short, finishing on 123/9 and suffering their second defeat of the season.
- Rajasthan’s early acceleration was powered by the two youngsters: they raced to 80 runs in the opening five overs, putting Mumbai under immediate pressure.
- From the bowling perspective, the night was tough across the board. Every MI bowler except Hardik Pandya leaked more than 10 runs in their respective overs.
- Deepak Chahar and Trent Boult each conceded 22 runs in their only overs, while Bumrah initially looked controlled before being hit in the middle phase.
- After giving away 14 runs in his first over, Bumrah allowed 18 runs across his next two.
- Shardul Thakur went for 36 in his second over, and the impact player Allah Ghazanfar was also taken for 21 in his two balls/overs stint as described in the match summary.
- Hardik Pandya, in contrast, returned figures of 2-0-17-0, but it was not enough to arrest the momentum.
- Amid the chaos, Bumrah’s most notable unwanted record was that he went wicketless for a third straight match—an outcome that is rare in his T20 journey.
- For Bumrah, this three-match wicketless sequence was the first time in nearly eight years and only the fourth time in his entire T20 career that he failed to take a wicket in three consecutive outings.
That stretch also included the IPL and international matches in which he remained without wickets. The summary of his consecutive wicketless T20 appearances is as follows:
- 2026: 3-0-32-0 vs RR at Guwahati on 7 April 2026
- 2026: 4-0-21-0 vs DC at Delhi on 4 April 2026
- 2026: 4-0-35-0 vs KKR at Wankhede on 29 March 2026
- 2017/18: 4-0-32-0 vs South Africa at Johannesburg on 18 February 2018
- 2018: 3-0-21-0 vs Sri Lanka at Indore on 22 December 2017
- 2017: 2-0-10-0 vs Sri Lanka at Cuttack on 20 December 2017
- 2016: 2-0-13-0 vs KXIP at Visakhapatnam on 13 May 2016
- 2016: 2-0-28-0 vs RCB at Bengaluru on 11 May 2016
- 2016: 2-0-35-0 vs SRH at Visakhapatnam on 8 May 2016
- 2014: 3-0-23-0 vs RR at Ahmedabad on 19 May 2014
- 2014: 3-0-23-0 vs KKR at Cuttack on 14 May 2014
- 2014: 4-0-24-0 vs SRH at Hyderabad on 12 May 2014
- 2014: 4-0-33-0 vs CSK at Wankhede on 10 May 2014
In this match-up, the wicket drought underlined how out of character the moment was for Mumbai’s pace spearhead. Across IPL cricket, Bumrah has taken 183 wickets in 148 matches at an economy rate of 7.26. During the 2016 season, he finished with 15 wickets in 14 matches, while in the 2014 season—across 11 games—he managed just five wickets.
