NEW DELHI: India’s tempo ace Jasprit Bumrah carved his place in cricketing historical past on Sunday, turning into the bowler with the perfect common amongst these with 200 or extra Take a look at wickets. Bumrah additionally emerged because the quickest Indian pacer to succeed in the 200-wicket milestone in Take a look at cricket.
The historic feat unfolded on the fourth day of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy‘s fourth Take a look at on the Melbourne Cricket Floor, the place Bumrah dismissed Australia’s Travis Head to say his landmark 200th wicket.
Scorecard: India vs Australia, 4th Take a look at
Nobody in Take a look at cricket historical past has reached the milestone with a greater common than Bumrah, whose common stands at 19.56, going previous former West Indies pacer Joel Garner, who bought to the landmark with a median of 20.34.
With this beautiful bowling common, Bumrah surpassed the profession common of legendary West Indian trio of Malcolm Marshall (376 wickets at 20.94), Garner (259 at 20.97), and Curtley Ambrose (405 at 20.99), making him the only member of this unique group with a sub-20 common. His precision and unmatched consistency reaffirm his standing as one of many best quick bowlers within the annals of cricket.
The 30-year-old pacer reached this milestone in simply 8,484 deliveries, setting a document because the quickest Indian to attain the landmark when it comes to balls bowled. Globally, Bumrah ranks fourth on this class, following Waqar Younis, Dale Steyn, and Kagiso Rabada.
Quickest to 200 Take a look at wickets (balls bowled)
- 7725 – Waqar Younis
- 7848 – Dale Steyn
- 8153 – Kagiso Rabada
- 8484 – Jasprit Bumrah
In his 44th Take a look at, Bumrah equaled Ravindra Jadeja‘s achievement of reaching 200 wickets, second solely to Ravichandran Ashwin, who achieved the feat in 38 matches for India.
Bumrah’s distinctive collection continued as he clean-bowled Alex Carey to say his 202nd Take a look at wicket and his 29th scalp of the continuing collection, making him essentially the most profitable Indian pacer in a Take a look at collection on Australian soil.
This record-breaking efficiency cements Bumrah’s legacy as a trailblazer in Indian cricket and units a benchmark of excellence for future generations of bowlers.
