Five-time champions Mumbai Indians, who have won just one out of their four encounters in IPL-18, got a huge boost as their ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah returned to the side before the crucial game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Wankhede Stadium tonight.

Even though MI had a disastrous show in IPL-17 with just four wins in 14 games, Bumrah was the only top-class performer, who emerged the third-highest wicket-taker with 20 scalps after Punjab Kings’ Harshal Patel (24) and Kolkata Knight Riders’ Varun Chakravarthy (21). And with Bumrah joining the side, you could see a big relief on MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene’s smiling face when he appeared for the pre-match press conference on Sunday.