Mumbai Indians pacer Jasprit Bumrah’s gesture towards head coach Mahela Jayawardene during the IPL 2025 Eliminator clash against Gujarat Titans has gone viral on social media.
Mumbai Indians pacer Jasprit Bumrah‘s gesture towards head coach Mahela Jayawardene during the IPL 2025 Eliminator clash against Gujarat Titans has gone viral on social media. Bumrah took the crucial wicket of Washington Sundar as MI registered a 20-run victory. Chasing 229, Sai Sudharsan kept GT in the hunt but was unable the clinch the game for his side. During the match, Jayawardene was seen passing some instructions to Bumrah along with batting coach Kieron Pollard. However, Bumrah gestured towards him to calm down and take it easy before doing the same gesture to captain Hardik Pandya.
Jatin Sapru who was on the Hindi broadcast at that time, said, “Bumrah is basically saying ‘I know my job well. I am here. You stay calm and just give me a chance.”
The mighty Mumbai Indians handled the nerves better on the big stage to outlast Gujarat Titans by 20 runs in a high-scoring IPL Eliminator despite a classy effort from Sai Sudharsan on Friday.
Rohit Sharma (81 off 50) rode his luck to play a fine knock after Jonny Bairstow (47 off 22) made instant impact on his Mumbai Indians debut to push them to an imposing 228 five in 20 overs.
Titans, who were sloppy in the field and with the ball, were able to take the game down to the wire with sensational batting from Sudharsan (80 off 49) before falling short at 208 for six to exit the tournament.
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