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Bumrah dismissed five Aussie batters for 72 runs in 25 overs on Sunday during the second day’s play of the third India-Australia Test, which is taking place at The Gabba in Brisbane.
Jasprit Bumrah takes No. 2 position in elite list led by Kapil Dev. (Picture Credit: AFP, AP)
Star Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah was on fire against Australia on Sunday (December 15) during the second day’s play of the ongoing third Test between the two teams at The Gabba in Brisbane. The 31-year-old fast bowler has picked up five wickets so far for 72 runs in 25 overs. By taking his 12th five-wicket haul in Test cricket, Bumrah went past Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma’s tally, who have 11 fifers each to their name in the five-day format of the game for India.
Bumrah opened his wicket account on Sunday by getting Usman Khawaja (21) caught behind by Rishabh Pant in the morning session of Day 2’s play. In his next over he then got rid of Nathan McSweeney, who scored nine runs. For his third wicket, Bumrah dismissed Steve Smith (101) and then accounted for the dismissals of Mitchell Marsh (5) and Travis Head (152) in one over itself.
Bumrah has 12 fifers to his name in Tests. Among Indian pacers, only Kapil Dev (23) has picked up more five-wicket hauls than the right-arm fast bowler from Ahmedabad in the five-day format of the game.
Most five-wicket hauls for India in Tests (pacers)
- Kapil Dev – 23
- Jasprit Bumrah – 12
- Zaheer Khan – 11
- Ishant Sharma – 11
- Javagal Srinath – 10
The five-wicket haul on Sunday also helped Bumrah become the first Indian bowler to take eight fifers in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia) countries. He went past Kapil’s tally of 7 fifers.
Most five-wicket hauls for India in SENA countries (Tests)
- Jasprit Bumrah – 8
- Kapil Dev – 7
- Zaheer Khan – 6
Bumrah has picked up 17 wickets so far in the ongoing series, and his tally of Test wickets in Australia is 49 in 10 matches. By getting rid of 49 batters in 10 matches, Bumrah has equalled Anil Kumble’s tally of wickets. If Bumrah manages to take three more wickets in the ongoing series, then he will break Kapil Dev’s record of 51 wickets and become India’s most successful Test bowler in Australia.
Most Test wickets for India in Australia
- Kapil Dev – 51
- Jasprit Bumrah – 49
- Anil Kumble – 49
- Ravichandran Ashwin – 40
- Bishan Singh Bedi – 35
Bumrah’s fifer on Sunday is his 9th five-wicket haul in the World Test Championship, and with this he has equalled Pat Cummins’ record. The Australian captain has also dismissed at least five batters in an innings of a WTC match on nine occasions. Only two spinners—R Ashwin (11) and Nathan Lyon (10)—are ahead of Bumrah and Cummins in the list of bowlers with the most fifers in WTC.
Most five-wicket hauls in WTC
- Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 11
- Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 10
- Jasprit Bumrah (India) – 9
- Pat Cummins (India) – 9
- Prabath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) – 7
- Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) – 7
- Taijul Islam (Bangladesh) – 7
Bumrah, who has dismissed 58 batters in 12 Tests played so far in 2024, needs two more wickets to become the leading wicket-taker in the ongoing 2023-25 edition of the WTC.
Most wickets in WTC 2023-25
- Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 63
- Jasprit Bumrah (India) – 62
- Mitchell Starc (Australia) – 59
- Pat Cummins (Australia) – 58
- Josh Hazlewood (Australia) – 56
As of now, Ashwin occupies the No. 1 position with 63 wickets in 14 matches, and Bumrah is second with 62 scalps.
