Delhi: Indian team’s veteran fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has performed brilliantly in bowling during the Australia tour. In the third test of Border-Gavaskar Trophy being played in Gabba, Bumrah bowled amazingly and took 5 wickets. Bumrah’s dominance has been seen so far in this series. In the Perth Test, he performed brilliantly while taking over the captaincy in the absence of Rohit Sharma and contributed significantly to India’s victory. Bumrah, who has kept the Australian batsmen in fear, has been India’s most successful bowler in this series.
Rain did not give Pakistan a chance to save face in the third T20I match, South Africa won the series 2-0.
Bumrah broke Kapil Dev’s record by taking 5 wickets
On the second day of the Gabba Test, Bumrah took 5 wickets in the first innings of Australia. With this he broke the big record of former Indian captain Kapil Dev. Bumrah has achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets for the 8th time in an innings of Test cricket in SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia). Kapil Dev had taken 5 wickets a total of 7 times in SENA countries in his career.
With this feat, the right-arm pacer equaled Imran Khan among Asian bowlers, who had also taken 5 wickets 8 times in SENA countries. Wasim Akram is at the first place in this list, who has achieved this feat 11 times.
Top bowlers taking 5 wickets in an innings for India in SENA countries
- Jasprit Bumrah: 8 times
- Kapil Dev: 7 times
- Zaheer Khan: 6 times
- Bhagwat Chandrashekhar: 6 times
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