Karun Nair (L) and Jasprit Bumrah© X (Twitter)
Jasprit Bumrah and Karun Nair ended their spat with a hug after the IPL 2025 encounter between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals on Sunday. The 2 gamers had been concerned in a heated altercation through the match once they collided on the pitch. Karun was taking a run when he crashed into Bumrah and issues escalated after the incident. Bumrah was left fuming and so they exchanged phrases on a number of events. Nevertheless, DC posted a video on social media that confirmed that Karun and Bumrah hugging one another and having amusing amongst themselves signaling the top of their heated change.
Former Pakistan batter Basit Ali was left gobsmacked after witnessing Karun Nair toying with the world’s greatest Jasprit Bumrah with a technically sound and magical strokeplay within the ongoing 18th version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
Sab theek hai bhai 🫂 pic.twitter.com/8pi2zFkh1w
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 14, 2025
Although Delhi Capitals antagonistically succumbed to a 12-run defeat whereas pursuing Mumbai Indians’ daunting 206-run goal, the high-scoring fixture might be remembered for Nair’s valiance.
He singlehandedly carried Delhi’s hopes of ending Mumbai’s flawless file whereas defending a 200-plus goal. On his return to the cash-rich league after three years, Nair decimated Mumbai’s tempo categorical and toyed with the spinners in his explosive 89 from a mere 40 deliveries with out breaking a sweat.
The spotlight of his swashbuckling effort within the high-scoring Arun Jaitley Stadium was how effortlessly he demolished Bumrah’s prowess within the white-ball format. Basit struggled to recollect a top-class batter previously 5 to 6 years who made Bumrah tilt on the windmills the way in which Nair did in Delhi’s dwelling floor. For the previous Pakistan batter, Nair is a “very large participant.”
“Within the final 5 to 6 years, I’ve by no means seen somebody play in opposition to Bumrah like this. Even when the top-class batters on the earth, together with Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Joe Root, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler or Travis Head, no one has performed in opposition to him like that. The best way Karun Nair counterattacked Bumrah made it really feel like somebody was taking part in cricket. The best way he scored over further cowl, he’s a really large participant,” Basit mentioned on his YouTube channel.
(With ANI inputs)
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