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- Left Arm Medium
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- Bowler
Recent form
See all0/41(2.0)
vs SRH
29 Apr 26 · T20
2/37(4.0)
vs CSK
23 Apr 26 · T20
4/24(4.0)
vs GT
20 Apr 26 · T20
0/47(4.0)
vs Pnjb
14 Dec 25 · T20
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Profile
A left-arm fast bowler from Punjab, Ashwani Kumar made his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians in the 2025 season after playing only four T20 matches on the domestic circuit. He struck with his first ball in the tournament, dismissing KKR's captain Ajinkya Rahane, before picking up the wickets of Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh and Andre Russell to become the first Indian to take a four-wicket haul on IPL debut.
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Hitting speeds around 135kph, Ashwani bowls a sharp yorker and has a back-of-the-hand slower ball among his pace variations. He was noticed for his death bowling in the Sher E Punjab T20 competition in 2024 and was bought for INR 30 lakh at the mega auction.
- Ashwani Kumar got picked up in the 2025 auction by Mumbai Indians (MI) for his base price of INR 30 lakh, and he started with a bang.
- On debut against KKR, he removed Ajinkya Rahane with his first ball in the IPL before also sending back Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh and Andre Russell on his way to 4 for 24.
- He proved to be expensive after that and picked seven wickets in the remaining six games he got in 2025. He was retained ahead of the 2026 auction.
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