Jasprit Bumrah is been considered as “one the best death bowlers” in the game, said star New Zealand pace bowler Trent Boult after he has played a key role yet again in Mumbai Indians’ victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bumrah gave away only 14 runs in his four overs spell and took one wicket as Mumbai bundled out SRH for 137 after setting a 151-run target as well.

“It’s great to see a guy (Bumrah) like that operate. How clear he is with what he is doing with the ball throughout his whole spell,” Boult said after Mumbai beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 13 runs on Saturday.

“But at the death, I personally believe, he is one of the best death bowlers in the world. He makes my job a heck of a lot easier,” he further added. “It is always nice being on the right side of those situations. Hopefully, we can get a bit of momentum into this tournament”.

Young spinner Rahul Chahar too was impressive (3/19) and Boult (3/28) too did well.

“It’s hard to pin-point one performance there. A lot of credit to the whole side for hanging in there. We knew we were a few runs short of the par score. But we also knew that this is a pitch where you can fight. And you get a couple of wickets, you can really get back in the chase. I thought a couple of direct hits from Hardik (Pandya) and the three wickets from Rahul were important when we were bowling. And then Bumrah there, bowling his four overs for only 14 was pretty amazing,” Trent Boult again shared.

However, Mumbai will play their first five matches here before shifting to Delhi.

“It gives us a chance to settle at the venue. But the key would be to obviously read the conditions quickly as possible and make the most of them really. So, it’s a unique situation. We’ve got five here, four in Delhi, move around a little bit. But, I think especially in the first half of the tournament you obviously get on the right side of a couple of results and it’s nice to get those couple of wins in the last two matches,” he concluded.