Lucknow: India's legendary fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah inspires many people with his brilliant performance. He is consistently performing well in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 and remains in the race for the Purple Cap. He has spent runs with excellent economy so far this season. Now talking about Bumrah, Punjab Kings (PBKS) star pacer Harshal Patel has expressed his desire to become like him. Let us tell you that Harshal is the bowler who is giving tough competition to Bumrah for the Purple Cap this season.

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Bumrah has spent runs with a low economy of 7 this season and is also at second place in terms of taking wickets. So Patel has reached the first position. Actually, in the match played against Rajasthan Royals, the fast bowler performed brilliantly and took 2 wickets. With this, he has snatched the Purple Cap from Jasprit Bumrah and now after showing a good game, he has given a big reaction. After performing well against Rajasthan, Harshal made a big statement while talking to the broadcaster.

He said, “Jasprit Bumrah is someone whom I have always seen as a competitor. I always aspire to be as good as him, it's great that we are in this competition for the Purple Cap.”

33-year-old Harshal has bowled brilliantly for Punjab this season and has taken wickets consistently in the death overs as well. The right-arm fast bowler is the highest wicket-taker for his team. So far, he has played a total of 13 matches in IPL 2024, in which he has taken 22 wickets. However, during this period his economy has been 9.51. So Bumrah has performed amazingly for his team this season. He has taken 20 wickets in 13 matches at an economy of 6.48.

Harshal Patel bowled brilliantly against Rajasthan

Harshal bowled brilliantly in the match played between Rajasthan and Punjab in Guwahati. In this match, he spent 28 runs while bowling 4 overs and showed the way to the pavilion to 2 batsmen. During this time he made Ryan Parag and Donavan Ferreira his victims. It was only because of his brilliant bowling that RR could score only 144 runs.

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