Mumbai, April 30 -- Following the Mumbai Indians' (MI) defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), MI batting coach backed struggling pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah to bounce back and urged the fans to cut him some slack amid his poor season with the ball.

Mathematically, while MI is still in the tournament, things only continue to get worse for them, one, because they have slipped to their sixth loss of the tournament, and second, because Bumrah is having a nightmarish tournament with the ball. In eight matches this season, he has taken just two wickets, averaging 132.00, having an economy rate of 8.80, and a strike rate of 90.0. Statistically, this is Bumrah's poorest IPL so far.

During a defence of 244 runs against SRH, Bumrah bled runs, lea...