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After Lasith Malinga, Bumrah has taken the mantle for us: Kieron Pollard | Kieron Pollard full of praise for Jasprit Bumrah, who continues to impress

Mumbai Indians were at the top of the ladder until they lost to Kings XI Punjab in a double dose of Super Overs on Sunday. After the first over where Jasprit Bumrah just conceded five runs, Shami managed to defend six runs again Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock. Though MI lost in the second super over, Kieron Pollard praised Bumrah for his spell.

“He’s a world-class cricketer. He has been number one in a couple of formats for a long period of time. He has learned and has grown leaps and bounds for us at Mumbai Indians. We have comfort in him. A couple of years ago, we had a fit and fair Lasith Malinga and he (Bumrah) has taken over that mantle now”, Pollard said at the post-match press conference.

This year Malinga opted out of IPL due to some personal reasons. “Obviously there are decision-makers to make the decision, you know we can look at those things and say that’s where we lost the game but we played a very good game of cricket. We batted well,” said Pollard.

MI has lost two of their three matches due to Super Overs once with Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab.

Written by Anjali Jha. Follow Anjali on Twitter today.