In the 29th match of IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals by 12 runs. This is the first defeat of DC in this season. In this match, a player made a tremendous comeback, who was pleading for a chance for the last three years. We are talking about Delhi Capital batsman Karun Nair. He returned after three years in this match and presented a sample of great batting. He took the news of Mumbai Indians fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah. Karun scored a lot of runs in Bumrah’s over and also made a record.
Jasprit Bumrah’s 9 balls scored 26 runs
Karun Nair, who returned after 1077 days in the IPL after three years, played a stormy half -century against Mumbai Indians. He took a lot of news of Jaspreet Bumrah. Nair scored 26 runs in Bumrah’s 9 balls, which is a record. Earlier in 2020, AB de Villiers scored 27 runs in 8 balls against Bumrah. Not only this, Nair had scored 18 runs by hitting 6 sixes and 1 four in the same over of Bumrah. These are the most runs scored by any Indian batsman in one over of IPL against Bumrah. Karun Nair scored 89 runs against MI with the help of 12 fours and 5 sixes in 40 balls. Nair imposed a fifty in the IPL after seven years.
Let us know that in the match against Mumbai Indians, Karun Nair got a place in the team of Delhi Capitals in place of injured Faf Duplesey. Karun Nair scored a lot of runs in domestic cricket in Ranji Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy and continued the same form in IPL as well. Delhi, chasing the target of 206 runs, lost the wicket of Jack Fraser-Makgark on a score of zero. After this Karun Nair landed as an impact player and in association with Abhishek Porel, he shared a 119 -run partnership for the second wicket. Nair beat fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah during his innings against Mumbai, he hit 26 runs off Bumrah’s 9 balls.
Half -century in 22 balls
From the beginning of the innings in the match against Mi, Karun Nair started showing his fast game. He scored 18 runs with two sixes and a four on the 6th over Bumrah. He also completed his half -century in 22 balls with two runs off the last ball of this over. Nair was dismissed against Santner in the 12th of the innings and missed a century. Batting at a strike rate of 222.50, he played a brilliant innings of 89 runs in 40 balls with the help of 12 fours and 5 sixes. If Nair had scored a century today, it would have been his first century in the IPL.