Ashwini Kumar made an IPL debut for Mumbai Indians on 31 March. In his first match, this left arm pacer wreaked havoc against Kolkata. He took 4 wickets for 24 runs in 3 overs at Wankhede Stadium and destroyed KKR’s batting line up completely. With this, he has also become the best performance bowlers on IPL debut. Mumbai also won its first win on his own. For this, he was also chosen as Player of the Match. But do you know about the struggle behind their success? Let us tell you.
Lost father in childhood
Ashwini Kumar was born on 29 August 2001 in Jhanjari, a small village in Mohali. He comes from a middle class family. He lost his father in childhood. His mother contributed a lot in handling Ashwini and fulfilling her dream of cricket. His mother worked hard and fulfilled his dream as well as his dream of becoming a cricketer.
Career was going to end
Even after becoming a cricketer, his difficulties did not diminish. There was a time when his career was in danger. Actually, once he suffered a serious injury. It seemed as if he would not play cricket. Due to this injury, he had to stay away from cricket for about 1 year. But after treatment and hard work, he got rid of this injury and returned to the cricket field. Then he never looked back.
This is the journey of cricket
Ashwini Kumar took 11 wickets in 6 matches in Sher-e-Punjab T20 Cup. He came into the limelight for the first time with this performance. Then in 2022, Syed made his debut for Punjab in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy and has so far taken 3 wickets in 4 T20 matches, with his economy rate 8.5 runs per over. This economy will be looking more to you, but since this player does more death overs, this figure is amazing. He has also played 2 First-Class and 4 List A matches for Punjab.
Ashwini also became a part of Punjab Kings in the last season of IPL but did not get a chance to play a single match. After this, in the mega auction of IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians bought him for Rs 30 lakh and gave him an opportunity to make IPL debut in Wankhede. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he dismissed Kolkata captain Ajinkya Rahane on his first ball and became the first Indian player of Mumbai Indians to do so. Apart from Rahane, he hunted veterans like Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey and Andre Russell.