Mumbai Indians receive huge boost as Jasprit Bumrah returns to the camp

Fivetime champions Mumbai Indians who have won just one out of their four encounters in IPL18 got a huge boost as their ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah returned to the side before the crucial game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru RCB at the Wankhede Stadium tonightEven though MI had a disastrous show in IPL17 with just four wins in 14 games Bumrah was the only topclass performer who emerged the thirdhighest wickettaker with 20 scalps after Punjab Kingsrsquo Harshal Patel 24 and Kolkata Knight Ridersrsquo Varun Chakravarthy 21 And with Bumrah joining the side you could see a big relief on MI head coach Mahela Jayawardenersquos smiling face when he appeared for the prematch press conference on Sunday Also ReadIPL 2025 Irsquom enjoying my bowling Mohammed Siraj after fourwicket haul vs SRHMahela Jayawardene PicSayyed Sameer AbedildquoBoomrsquos coming back from a pretty decent layoff so we need to give him that space Wersquore very happy to have him in the camp the experience he brings that extra voice out there in the middle chatting with Boulty Trent Boult chatting with Deepak Chahar or any other younger bowler giving that advice is also very valuable for us Thatrsquos what wersquore looking forward to from himrdquo Jayawardene told reporters on SundayldquoHersquos Bumrah available hersquos training today Sunday and should be available for the RCB game He arrived last night he had his sessions with NCA National Cricket Academy in Bangalore to finalise that hersquos been handed over to our physios Hersquos bowling today so all goodrdquo Jayawardene remarkedFour IPL games missed Bumrah 31 was ruled out of the Champions Trophy and from MIrsquos first four games in the ongoing IPL due to a back injury He last played in the BorderGavaskar Trophy Sydney Test against Australia in January He was declared fit by BCCIrsquos Centre of Excellence on SaturdayAs the MI camp is enjoying Bumrahrsquos return it may become a headache for RCB The Ahmedabadborn pacer has a good record versus RCBrsquos top performer Virat Kohli He has dismissed the former RCB captain five times including last seasonrsquos game at the same venue when Kohli managed just three off nine ballsCricket fans at the Wankhede Stadium may also get to watch a battle of supremacy among the two star batters from both camps mdash former MI captain Rohit Sharma and Kohli Rohit practised batting for more than halfanhour facing Bumrah Trent Boult and all MI bowlers with quiet ease on Sunday eveningEven Jayawardene is not worried about Rohitrsquos fitness as well as his form ldquoHersquos batting well in the nets If yoursquore telling me that every two innings yoursquore going to look at someonersquos performance itrsquos a bit unfair I remember his last innings was in the Champions Trophywinning knock so we have to give support and back the experienced guys and expect them to come to the party As Mumbai Indians wersquove always backed the core group to deliver for us and wersquore going to do that Itrsquos unfortunate that he got a knock in the nets Hopefully he will be 100 per cent thenrdquo Jayawardene replied to middayrsquos query on Rohitrsquos formRohit who led MI to five IPL titles scored a matchwinning 76 against New Zealand in the Champions Trophy final in Dubai last month RCBrsquos Tim David confidentMeanwhile RCBrsquos Tim David was confident of his team playing well today ldquoWersquore looking forward to this game we havenrsquot dwelled too much on any match Itrsquos very rewarding when you win and you take your lessons from losses But again another great game here in Mumbai theyrsquove obviously set up their team to play well in these conditions at one of the best batting pitches in the country so letrsquos hope we get that tomorrow Monday nightrdquo said David who scored an 18ball 32 against GT in which the hosts lost by eight wickets on WednesdayatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params