IPL 2021 / New Zealand's tallest bowler Jamieson breaks Krunal's bat with 132-kmph yorker

Royal Challengers Bangalore fast bowler Kyle Jamieson broke Mumbai Indians all-rounder Krunal Pandya's bat with a 132-kmph yorker during the IPL 2021 opener. The incident happened in the 19th over of Mumbai Indians' innings. Jamieson bowled the yorker on a free-hit which Pandya tried to swing. However, the bat broke into two pieces.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Apr 10, 2021, 07:14 AM

Cricket Desk: Kyle Jamieson after making his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the first game against the Mumbai Indians, was unleashed as he took wickets, causing problems for the batsmen of the opposition because of its size. and smash the bats.

In the 19th of the Mumbai Indians innings, Jamieson threw a toe-crushing yorker, but Krunal Pandya lowered his bat in time and pinched it, but as soon as he tried to run the bat was in two pieces. Krunal just had the handle in his hand because the whole piece of wood was on the floor.

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Jamieson, who was picked by the Bangalore-based franchise for a whopping INR 15 crore, was featured in the opener of his IPL career. RCB was in desperate need of a wicket after Suryakumar Yadav and Chris Lynn forged a quick partnership to rebuild the sleeves for the Mumbai Indians after losing Rohit Sharma.

Jamieson came back for his third in the 11th in the innings when the Mumbai Indians were flying and looking dangerous for a big total. But, the Great Stimulator had other plans.

He used his size to the max by making a shorter delivery to the outside of the stump and Surya tried to cut the ball but was unable to get an outside edge into the hands of goalkeeper AB de Villiers.