Who is Ashwani Kumar: Who is Ashwani Kumar, in front of whose brilliance even Tilak Verma and Jasprit Bumrah paled

New Delhi: Tilak Verma played an unbeaten inning of 101 runs in 45 balls for Mumbai Indians in the match against Gujarat Titans. In this innings, Tilak also hit 7 sixes and 8 fours. With Tilak’s strong innings, Mumbai Indians scored 199 runs in 20 overs. Apart from this, Tilak also equaled former legend Sanath Jayasuriya in scoring the fastest century for Mumbai Indians in IPL.

After this, when Mumbai came to defend its score, Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Sai Sudarshan on the very first ball for the team, but the real hero of Mumbai Indians’ victory was not Tilak and Bumrah, but 24-year-old left arm pacer Ashwani Kumar, who wreaked havoc on Gujarat Titans with his deadly bowling. Ashwani bowled 4 overs in the match in which he took 4 wickets for just 24 runs. In such a situation, let us know who Ashwani Kumar is.

Who is left arm pacer Ashwani Kumar?

24 year old Ashwani Kumar is a resident of Jhanjheri, Mohali. Ashwani Kumar comes from a very ordinary family. Ashwini has struggled a lot to become a cricketer. Ashwani used to go to Mohali for practice by cycling 11 kilometers away from Jhanjeri. For the first time, Ashwani Shere came into limelight in Punjab T20 League. After this, Mumbai Indians scouted him and bought him in IPL 2025 at a base price of Rs 30 lakh. IPL also got a chance to debut for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025.

In his debut match itself, Ashwini took 4 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs against KKR, in which he included strong batsmen like Ajinkya Rahane, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh and Manish Pandey. However, after that, Ashwani did not get a chance to play in the playing eleven continuously in the star-studded Mumbai Indians. This was Ashwini’s first match in IPL 2026. He was fielded as an impact sub. Ashwani has played 8 matches in this league so far, in which he has 15 wickets in his name.