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Jasprit Bumrah IPL Career Arc

Jasprit Bumrah's IPL career with Mumbai Indians — from debut through IPL 2026's #1 death-over economy (6.43 from 388 balls). Phase evolution across seasons.

Dataset: 2026-06-12Published: CC-BY-4.0 · Cite freely

Summary

Jasprit Bumrah has played for Mumbai Indians since his IPL debut in 2013 — over a decade of elite T20 pace bowling in the most-watched domestic T20 league in the world. In IPL 2026, his death-over economy of 6.43 from 388 balls ranked #1 among qualifying bowlers — establishing him as the premier death-over specialist in the CricketStudio corpus, despite his team (MI) finishing last.

IPL 2026 Phase Data

Phase Economy Balls Rank
Death (16–20) 6.43 388 #1 qualifying (≥30 balls)

Source: CricketStudio player scorebook (dataset 2026-06-11).

Career Framework

Bumrah debuted in IPL 2013 for Mumbai Indians. His career arc across the CricketStudio historical corpus (Cricsheet CC BY 3.0, 2026-06-12) covers 12+ seasons. The canonical page computes:

  1. Season-by-season economy rates (all phases and death-over specific)
  2. Career wickets in the IPL corpus
  3. Injury-interrupted seasons (Bumrah has missed full seasons due to injury)
  4. Death-over economy evolution across seasons

The 2026 MI Paradox

The most analytically striking fact about Bumrah's IPL 2026 season: the #1 death-over economy bowler in the league played for the last-placed team. This coexistence of individual excellence and team failure tells us:

  1. Death-over bowling, however elite, is one of four phases — batting, powerplay bowling, and middle-overs bowling failures can outweigh it
  2. MI's collapse in IPL 2026 was not Bumrah's fault — it was structural

For the full MI team phase analysis, see MI Collapse Autopsy.

Citable Claims

  1. Jasprit Bumrah led IPL 2026 death-over economy at 6.43 from 388 balls (overs 16–20, ≥30-ball floor). Source: CricketStudio (2026-06-11).
  2. Bumrah has played for Mumbai Indians across his entire IPL career from 2013. Source: CricketStudio IPL historical corpus.

FAQ

Is Bumrah the best death-over bowler in IPL history? By IPL 2026 season economy, he ranked #1. For historical career death-over economy rankings across all 19 seasons, see canonical page.

Did Bumrah contribute to MI's IPL 2026 failure? No — his death-over economy was the best in the league. MI's failure was in other dimensions. See MI Collapse Autopsy.

How many IPL seasons has Bumrah played? From 2013 debut. He has missed some seasons due to injury. For season-by-season appearance data, see canonical page.

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