IPL 2025: Jasprit Bumrah overtakes Lasith Malinga to become MI's highest wicket-taker

By Vikas Singh Derek

Vikas Singh Derek has a Master's in Journalism and has written more than 50,000 articles. He currently works as a cricket content writer at Khel Now.

Published at :April 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM

Modified at :April 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM

Jasprit Bumrah has been part of Mumbai Indians since IPL 2013.

Mumbai Indians (MI) pacer Jasprit Bumrah has achieved a big milestone in the ongoing match No. 45 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. MI are hosting Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the clash clash on Sunday, April 27. The right-arm pacer became the highest ever wicket-taker for his team. Notably, he overtook former pacer Lasith Malinga for the record.

Bumrah achieved the feat after taking LSG’s first wicket in the game. He dismissed Aiden Markram to provide the first breakthrough to MI in the second innings. Now, he has a total of 171 wickets for MI in the IPL. He bagged this achievement in his 139th game of the IPL.

Top five highest wicket-takers for MI in IPL

Interestingly, Bumrah is the only active player in the IPL among the top five highest-wicket takers for MI. Other than Bumrah and Malinga, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell McCleanaghan, and Kieron Pollard are among the top five highest wicket-takers for the five-time champions.

Jasprit Bumrah – 171
Lasith Malinga – 170
Harbhajan Singh – 127
Mitchell McCleanaghan – 71
Kieron Pollard – 69

Bumrah missed the first few games of IPL 2025 due to injury. However, he has delivered a fabulous performance after his return. The right-arm pacer has captured six wickets across six games at an impressive economy of 7.61. His best bowling show was two wickets for 25 runs in the clash against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at home.

Meanwhile, the hosts showed a wonderful batting performance at the Wankhede Stadium in the first innings of MI vs LSG clash. They piled up a massive total of 215/7. Ryan Rickelton and Suryakumar Yadav hammered half-centuries for the side. Will Jacks (29) and Naman Dhir (25*) also made crucial contributions with the bat. LSG pacers Mayank Yadav and Avesh Khan stole two wickets each.

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Vikas Singh Derek

Vikas Singh Derek is a core cricket-lover since childhood and has always followed the sport both in his personal and professional life. He started his school life by watching cricket at home with family. Later, he played cricket on the field at local clubs during college. After his Master's in Journalism from Mumbai, he followed his passion by covering cricket news across various digital media. Since 2015, he has been an aspiring sports journalist and cricket content writer with over 50K+ articles.