Jasprit Bumrah stepped in as captain for the Mumbai Indians in their IPL match against Punjab Kings (PBKS) on May 14 at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium. He took over from Suryakumar Yadav, who was absent due to personal reasons.
Meanwhile, full-time captain Hardik Pandya is recovering from back spasms and could not play. Bumrah became the tenth player to captain the Mumbai Indians. The team made two changes, opting to bowl first, with Suryakumar and AM Ghazanfar out of the lineup.
“It feels good to captain MI. I came here as a 19-year-old and never expected to lead this team. I like taking responsibility and am excited for this new challenge,” Bumrah said at the toss.
MI included Sherfane Rutherford and Shardul Thakur in their squad for the match as they aim to finish the season strongly. PBKS also made three changes, bringing in Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, and Azmatullah Omarzai.
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton(w), Naman Dhir, Tilak Varma, Sherfane Rutherford, Will Jacks, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah(c), Raghu Sharma
Mumbai Indians Impact Subs: Rohit Sharma, Mayank Rawat, Robin Minz, Krish Bhagat, Trent Boult
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar, Mitchell Owen, Vishnu Vinod, Praveen Dubey