‘Outside noise doesn’t affect me’

Mumbai Indians pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who picked his maiden five-wicket haul in the IPL on Monday, said he is happy with his rhythm and the “noise outside” doesn’t affect him personally. Despite the five-wicket haul, Bumrah has been able to take only 10 wickets in this IPL season from 11 matches.

“We prepare for the tournament and we have our process. We don’t look at the end result,” Bumrah said. “If you understand the game, you have to really observe what’s going on, what the game (is) like, what situation you are bowling (in), and for me personally I was very happy with the rhythm going on through the tournament.”

Bumrah bowled exceptionally well to restrict the Knight Riders to 165/9, but the MI batters faltered yet again as the team suffered its ninth loss in 11 games.