Sixth match and 115th ball… finally Bumrah got the first wicket of IPL 2026
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Jasprit Bumrah IPL 2026 1st Wicket: In the match between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans, Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Sai Sudarshan on the very first ball of the innings. With this, Bumrah also took his first wicket in IPL 2026. Bumrah got Sudarshan caught out on the ball outside the off stump, on which Gujarat’s opener tried to play a shot towards covers.
Sai Sudarshan became Bumrah’s first victim in IPL 2026.
New Delhi. After waiting for 5 matches and 114 balls, Jasprit Bumrah finally opened his wicket account in IPL 2026. On the very first ball of the innings against Gujarat Titans, Bumrah trapped Gujarat opener Sai Sudarshan and showed him the way to the pavilion and got his first wicket of the season. Bumrah was wicketless in the 5 matches played before this. It took him 115 balls to take the first wicket of IPL 2026. At the same time, this is Bumrah’s first success in 146 balls in IPL.
Sudarshan returned on the very first ball
With Tilak Verma’s century at Narendra Modi Stadium, Mumbai had given the target of 200 runs to Gujarat. Captain Hardik Pandya gave the responsibility of bowling the overs with the new ball for Mumbai to Bumrah. Bumrah bowled the very first ball on the exact line and length on the off stump. Sudarshan went to play it towards covers while standing, but the ball went in the air. Krish Bhagat standing near covers point took the catch easily. With this, a wave of happiness ran in the camp of Mumbai. Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav were seen celebrating this wicket with Bumrah. Sudarshan had to return to the pavilion without opening the account.
1⃣st ball 🤝 1⃣st wicket
The Jasprit Bumrah effect is back 😊
