Former India cricketer R Ashwin lavished praise on Jasprit Bumrah and called him a cheat code in T20 cricket, saying that he makes a captain look better. Bumrah bowled a remarkable spell of 1/27 as Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Titans by 20 runs to move into the Qualifier 2. At 151-2 in the 14th over, in a chase of 229, Sai Sudharsan and Washington Sundar were taking the game away from MI before Bumrah got MI a crucial breakthrough and dismissed Sundar for 48, breaking the 84-run partnership.

"This game could have gone even closer if Jasprit Bumrah's over didn't happen. The asking rate was like 12, 13, 14 but he gave like 7 or 8 runs in his last two overs. Rahul Tewatia hit him for a six but still, the way he came back and gave one run in the next two balls, that defines Bumrah. I had tweeted during the T20 World Cup that Bumrah is a cheat code in today's T20 cricket. Have you ever played this road rash, NFS game? It's a cheat code," Ashwin said on his YouTube channel ‘Ash Ki Baat’.

Ashwin highlighted the importance of Jasprit Bumrah and said that he makes a captain look better than they actually are.

"If you play these games, you can enter a code, and you can run faster. You can beat everyone else. It's a cheat code. In today's world, as a captain, sometimes I feel Jasprit Bumrah makes a captain look better than they actually are. The way he nails those yorkers, changes up his slower balls, all that said and done, I think Mumbai also went to yorkers very early," he added.

Bumrah missed the initial games for MI due to injury, but he showed no signs of rust as he made a comeback to the side. With 18 wickets in 11 games, he has played a key role in MI's run to the playoffs. The team will next take on Punjab Kings in Qualifier 2.

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