Pollard spoke to the media after MI's match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 29, where the five-time champions failed to defend 243 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, and even rookie Salil Arora all treated Bumrah without any reverence, dispatching him beyond the boundary one after another.
While Bumrah's economy rate of 8.8 runs per over is decent considering the way the game is played today, his bowling average of 132 is jarring. This was, after all, the same bowler who was anointed the player of the match in the final of the T20 World Cup just last month.
"He is allowed to have a bad day, and he is allowed to have a bad season" - Kieron Pollard
After the match against SRH, Pollard jumped to Bumrah's defense and talked about how even the best players can have an off day.
"As a human being, he's entitled as well to make mistakes, to not have a good day, not have a good season, not have a good couple of months. And I just feel that we need to sometimes remember the good things that he has done."
"Yes, we try to live in the present, and he hasn't been up to the mark. But he's still been the number one bowler for the Mumbai Indians and India over a period of time. So I just feel that sometimes we can cut some slack to us cricketers, because, as I always say, we are unfortunate to always be in the public eye."
"When normal people have jobs, and they send the wrong email, they have the opportunity to edit the words and all these things. We don't have that opportunity. So it's fair and fine – when you're not doing well, you accept certain things. And knowing the individual, I know he's going to bounce back to greater heights and take wickets. And we're again going to be singing "Bumrah, Bumrah," not only for Mumbai Indians but for India. So again, let's cut him some slack, and let's see if that might help him as well – if we see some good things written about him."
Mumbai Indians' current position and next match
MI's next match is against arch-rivals and fellow five-time IPL winners Chennai Super Kings. MI have already lost to CSK once this season, and Jasprit Bumrah, among other players, would be raring to go.
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