Mumbai Indians left-arm pacer Ashwani Kumar was the first Indian bowler to take a four-wicket haul on debut in the Indian Premier League. Left-arm seamer Ashwani Kumar made his IPL debut against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Monday, March 31, and took 4/24.

The 23-year-old Punjab lad, who took the place of Satyanarayana Raju in the MI playing XI, fantastically began his IPL career. Ashwani bowled out KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane on his very first ball in the IPL, making him the fourth MI bowler to achieve the feat.

Following bowling one over of the powerplay, Ashwani was reintroduced to the attack to bowl the 11th over, and the seamer gave a fitting reply by taking two wickets.

Ashwani Kumar tattoo 🥵 pic.twitter.com/jEPfoIHAFI

— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) March 31, 2025

𝗔𝘀𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗞𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗿 – 𝗔 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?

A promising left-arm pacer making waves!
Consistency will be the key to his rise.
🇮🇳 Could he be India's next big weapon?
Or its too early to expect 🤷 🙄 #MIvKKR | #AshwaniKumar #KKRvsMI pic.twitter.com/RLBgOSvRfH

— Shivam Verma (@Shivam_Verma_98) March 31, 2025

Dream wicket for any player on his IPL debut. Ashwani Kumar my boy 💙pic.twitter.com/zDJf5GTtWv

— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) March 31, 2025

Ashwani kumar to KKR batsmen's 😭pic.twitter.com/airVYXWnbK

— Reddii 🍁 (@RebelRiserr) March 31, 2025

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Suhana Khan watching Ashwani Kumar bowling against KKR 😭 pic.twitter.com/gbk4F2zZBY

— Bruce Wayne (@_Bruce__007) March 31, 2025

Boult, Ashwani Kumar and Bumrah💀🔥 pic.twitter.com/8h4XLTTb84

— Homie (@homelander_yyy) March 31, 2025

Why is Hardik Pandya always jealous of another player's milestone?

He could have given another over to Ashwani to complete his 5 wicket haul but he didn't.

Pandya - Most Jealous player ever!!!#MIvsKKR #AshwaniKumar #HardikPandya pic.twitter.com/uq7jgz0AWS

— Namit Thadani (@thadani_namit) March 31, 2025

IPL debut one can only dream off and Ashwani Kumar is living his dream 💙 pic.twitter.com/b22aY4cKFR

— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) March 31, 2025

Ashwani Kumar to KKR batters : pic.twitter.com/eUmfZQDlxh

— 𝘼𝙫𝙪𝙣𝙪 (@AvunuMawa) March 31, 2025

First Vignesh Puthur then Ashwani Kumar..

Management of Mumbai Indians be like :#MIvsKKR pic.twitter.com/DAGrcjixWF

— iconic (@iconic516) March 31, 2025