Jasprit Bumrah
JJ Bumrah is a pace bowler who has represented India Cricket and Mumbai Indians across all four major formats. Over 378 matches he has taken 681 wickets at a bowling average of 21.19 and an economy of 4.35. His primary competition is the Indian Premier League, where he has appeared 149 times. On recent form, a sharp T20 international spell of 4/15 against New Zealand on 8 March 2026 was followed by a quieter start to the IPL season, with three wicket-less outings across his first 11 overs for Mumbai Indians in April 2026.

2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Mumbai Indians · All-Rounder
Recent form
Bumrah returned to the IPL in April 2026 following a productive run of T20 internationals, where he claimed 4/15 against New Zealand on 8 March and 3/15 against South Africa on 22 February. His first
Strongest format
Indian Premier League — The IPL accounts for 149 of Bumrah's 378 career matches and 186 of his 681 wickets, making it comfortably his most-played competition. His T20I number
Career stats overview
52 Test · 87 ODI · 239 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
52 matches
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
87 matches
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
239 matches
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
681 wickets across four formats
Bumrah has played 378 matches in total, collecting 681 wickets at a bowling average of 21.19. His career economy of 4.35 across all formats reflects consistent control whether the ball is new or old.
Test cricket: his sharpest numbers
In 52 Test matches, Bumrah averages 19.79 with the ball and concedes just 2.77 runs per over. Those figures place him among the most economical frontline pace bowlers in the longer format over this period.
186 IPL wickets for Mumbai Indians
The Indian Premier League is his primary competition. Bumrah has taken 186 wickets in 149 IPL appearances at an average of 22.48, forming a large portion of his overall wicket tally.
Dominant record against England
Across 19 matches against England, Bumrah has claimed 101 wickets at an economy of 3.23. That economy rate is his lowest against any major opponent in our dataset and stands well below his overall career mark.
Wankhede his busiest hunting ground
At Wankhede Stadium, Bumrah has 70 wickets from 9 matches at an economy of 7.13 in T20 conditions. It is the venue where he has taken more wickets than anywhere else in the dataset.
What’s next
Upcoming matches
- Indian Premier League · Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad20 Apr19:30 IST
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
JJ Bumrah's profile
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.
Photo credits (1)
- Jasprit Bumrah — photo by Prime Minister's Office, GODL-India · source