Ashwani Kumar did amazing: He shared the captivating story behind it.

Mumbai Indians IPL 2025 Defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by eight wickets in a unilateral match. In this victory, young fast bowler Ashwani Kumar performed brilliantly. Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bowl first. KKR was reduced to 116 runs thanks to Ashwani’s superb bowling. MI achieved the target in 12.5 overs.

Left -arm fast bowler Kumar became the first Indian to take four wickets while making his IPL debut. Mumbai Indians (Mi) captain Hardik Pandya credited his team’s victory to the scouting team. Pandya said that the scouting team has discovered new talent like Ashwani. At the same time, after this match, IPL has posted a video on social media in which Ashwani Kumar has said a lot.

Ashwani Kumur made a big statement after the match against Mumbai Indians

In the interview after the match Ashwani Kumar Said that, the wicket of Andre Russell was the most special for him as he is a very big player. At the same time, Hardik Pandya said that, Hardik Bhai had told me before the match that, there is no fear and do what you have been doing till now. Regarding his selection in Mumbai Indians, he said, Mi had called me in every trial and after seeing my performance there, he selected me in the team. My entire village was happy because Mumbai is a big team and there are many big players in this team.

In fact, Ashwani Kumar comes from village Jhanjeeri located near Mohali in SAS Nagar district of Punjab state, which is known for Chandigarh Group of College (CGC) and Chandigarh Engineering College (CEC). This left -handed pace from the engineering hub was discovered by the scouting team of Mumbai Indians.

Like Jasprit Bumrah, Ashwani is also considered a death overs specialist and is known to completely tie the batsmen. He was the highest wicket-taking bowler in Sher-e-Punjab T20 Trophy 2023. Mumbai Indians had an eye on him since then.