IPL 2022, MI vs SRH: Umran Malik took 21 wickets with a match-winning spell of 3/23. He became only the second fast bowler after Sunrisers pacer Kagiso Rabada to break the 20-wicket mark in the season.
Umran breaks Bumrah’s record after completing 20 wickets in IPL 2022 (Courtesy of BCCI/PTI)
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- Umran has taken 21 wickets in 13 matches for SRH
- The SRH pacer took 3 wickets in an attempt to win the match
- Umran is in the reckoning for an India call-up
Sunrisers Hyderabad Umran Malik achieved a new milestone in his nascent and prosperous Indian Premier League career on Tuesday, May 17 after crossing the 20-wicket mark in IPL 2022. Umran Malik breaks into top 5 in IPL 2022 wicket-takers list. He took his tally to 21 during a match-winning spell for SRH against Mumbai Indians in a crucial match at the Wankhede Stadium.
Umran Malik picked up 3 wickets and conceded just 23 runs in a match where over 380 runs were scored as he did poorly in the first over to scare the Mumbai batsmen at raw pace.
IPL 2022, MI vs SRH Highlights
Umran Malik became the youngest Indian bowler to take 20 or more wickets in an IPL season, breaking Jasprit Bumrah’s record since 2017. Umran also became the second fast bowler after Kagiso Rabada to cross the 20-wicket mark in IPL 2022.
Youngest 20 IPL Wickets
Umran Malik – 22 years and 176 days
Jasprit Bumrah – 23 years and 165 days in IPL 2017
RP Singh – 23 years 166 days in IPL 2009
Pragyan Ojha – 23 years and 225 days in IPL 2010
Umran is fourth in the list of highest wicket-takers in IPL 2022, 3 behind leader Yuzvendra Chahal.
Chasing a target of 194 runs, Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan shared an opening partnership of 95 runs as Umran brought Sunrisers Hyderabad back into the competition on Tuesday. Umran sent Ishaan back and then returned to take the wickets of Daniel Sams and Tilak Verma in the same over.