India, April 21 -- And just like that, Jasprit Bumrah broke his wicket-taking dry spell on Monday night against the Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 fixture at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. All it took for the ace speedster to change his fortunes was to bowl the first over of the innings. Heading into the match against Gujarat, Bumrah had not once bowled the opening over for the franchise in the 19th edition of the tournament, and skipper Hardik Pandya was facing a lot of brickbats for not giving the No.1 bowler in the world an opportunity to strike big.

In the opening six matches, Bumrah often came as the first change or bowled the second over of the game. However, with Mumbai benching Deepak Chahar, Shar...