Although MI continues to stink up the IPL, Bumrah has been their unfailing talisman, finishing with figures of 3 for 18 from 3.5 overs today. He conceded just two runs in his first over, but Hardik did not bring back his best bowler even as KKR struggled through the first seven overs.
Bumrah then had a modest middle over in which Pandey hit him for a six and a four.
But he was exemplary at the death, taking two wickets and conceding just two runs in the 18th over, before trapping Venkatesh and getting him out off the fifth ball of the final over - the batsman trying to scoop him over the shoulder, only to miss and have his middle stump knocked off the ground. He had scored just two runs from the previous four deliveries.
Bumrah retains his purple cap, but MI's play-off chances look increasingly slim.