Bumrah: 0 Wickets. 3 Games. What's Going On?

Okay, can we talk about Jasprit Bumrah right now? Because he's 3 games in and still on zero wickets. The man who won India the T20 World Cup. The man Sachin called the best in the world. Wicketless. In the IPL. In 2026.

Before the panic sets in — he's not getting smashed everywhere. His economy of 5.25 against Delhi was immaculate. Batters are simply refusing to take him on, farming the other end and loading up against everyone else. Sameer Rizvi smashed 90 off 51 balls that night and Bumrah's figures read 0/21. They're scared of him. That's why they won't face him. That's the irony.

"It's often not him taking wickets but more dotting up an over. He won't go two games without going so well."

— Pommie Mbangwa, CricBuzz · After Game 2

The Shock Twist

No wickets but make it expensive to face him? That's very "I'm not arguing, I'm explaining" energy. MI need more than that right now.

🚨 What Went Wrong

The word doing the rounds is workload management. Bumrah was at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru just before the season started — not at MI's nets, doing injury management. England tour in July is apparently the bigger priority. So MI fans, the question is uncomfortable but fair: are we watching him warm up in slow motion while the season bleeds out around him?

Not Just One Name

MI have dropped two in a row. Hardik just came back. SKY is holding it together as stand-in captain. Their greatest weapon is dotting up overs while every other bowler gets carted. It's not a disaster — yet. But the table is tight and the schedule doesn't get kinder.

THE BIG QUESTION

He's taken 183 wickets in 145 IPL games at an average of 22.50. This dry spell cannot last. But if MI drop another before he clicks, this could define their entire 2026 campaign.