India, May 2 -- It is difficult to find Jasprit Bumrah in the Purple Cap race as almost every team decides to play him off, but the impact he leaves on a T20 game in his four overs is immense. Bumrah has bowled 69 balls in the seven matches that he has played in IPL 2025, averaging nearly 10 dot balls per match, which is higher than any bowler with an economy under 8. Khaleel Ahmed and Josh Hazlewood are the only bowlers with a better dot ball percentage than Bumrah this year, but they have conceded more than 8 runs per over in every match, while Bumrah's economy rate is at a staggering 6.96.

Since Bumrah's availability this year - he missed the first four matches due to a back injury - MI have won six out of seven matches to leapfrog ev...