After registering a victory over the Delhi Capitals (DC) on Wednesday, Mumbai Indians (MI) left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner lauded the right-arm seamer Jasprit Bumrah for his exceptional spell. Bumrah claimed three wickets in his 3.2 overs, conceding just 12 runs at an economy of 3.60. He picked up the wickets of Tristan Stubbs, Madhav Tiwari, and Mustafizur Rehman in his spell.

Speaking on Bumrah’s performance at the post-match presentation, Santner said, “We have shown that in the last few games, the guys up top trying to swing the ball and it’s always nice to have someone like Bumrah to bowl at the back end of the powerplay and obviously at the end.”

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However, Jasprit Bumrah and Mitchell Santner’s 3-wicket haul bowled out Delhi Capitals, for 121 runs as MI registered a 59-run victory at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday as well. With this win, Mumbai Indians became the fourth and final team to qualify for the IPL 2025 playoffs alongside Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and Punjab Kings as well.

“As a unit, we were great with the ball. But it was set up by SKY and Naman to get us to 180, which was probably over par on that wicket,” he said.

Mitchell Santner also spoke about the pitch conditions, where he claimed three wickets in his four overs, conceding just 11 runs as well.

“It was nice. Slightly slower wicket with the red soil. The more overspin you bowl, the more you get out of it. Today, that was my job, mix it up and keep the batters guessing. It was nice to see it spin. I bowl stump-to-stump, obviously, there was a little bit there which was nice, so you could essentially bowl a bit straighter,’ Mitchell Santner concluded.