Bumrah surpasses Taijul-Cummins with a sweat of his brow

Bumrah surpasses Taijul-Cummins with sweat

Jasprit Bumrah, who had taken 4 wickets the previous day in the Melbourne Test, dismissed Nathan Lyon in the second over of the fifth and final day today, bowling out Australia for 234 and also taking 5 wickets.

Jasprit Bumrah took five wickets for the 13th time in his Test career. No other bowler has taken five wickets in an innings more than Bumrah in the last six years in men's Tests. However, Jasprit Bumrah had to work hard to take five wickets in Australia's second innings in Melbourne. He bowled the most overs in a single Test in his Test career.

The last 6 years can also be said from Jasprit Bumrah Test debut. Bumrah's debut was in the Cape Town Test against South Africa on January 5, 2018. Then, in the race to take 5 wickets in an innings in Tests, Jasprit Bumrah left several bowlers behind in the Melbourne Test. Until Australia's second innings, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins and Taijul Islam had taken 5-wickets 12 times each in the past six years. During this time, Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who announced his retirement after the Brisbane Test in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series, has taken 5-wickets 11 times. That is, Jasprit Bumrah has taken the most 5-wickets in Tests in these six years.

Jasprit Bumrah has also surpassed some of the great bowlers in Test history in this way. Former Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar took 5-wickets 12 times in 82 innings in his 46 Test career. Former Australian spinner Stuart McGill took 5-wickets 12 times in 85 innings in 44 Tests. Legendary Australian pacer Ray Lindwall took 5-wickets 12 times in 113 innings in 61 Tests. In comparison, Bumrah surpassed them in 85 innings in 44 Tests.

Among those whom Jasprit Bumrah has surpassed in these 6 years, the first to make his Test debut was Australian spinner Lyon. In August 2011, in the Galle Test. Cummins made his Test debut in Johannesburg in November of that year. In Melbourne, Lion is playing his 133rd career Test and Cummins is playing his 66th. Bangladeshi left-arm spinner Taijul Islam made his Test debut in Kingston in September 2014. He has played 51 Tests. With a left-arm spin all-rounder like Shakib Al Hasan in the Bangladesh team, Taijul could not always be considered in Tests at this time. Otherwise, as his number of Test matches would have increased, so would his wickets.

In this six-year Test career, Jasprit Bumrah bowled the most overs in the Melbourne Test. He bowled a total of 53.2 overs in Australia's two innings. He took 4 wickets in Australia's first innings. Bumrah previously bowled the most overs in a Test in his debut year—53 overs against England at the Oval in 2018.

Jasprit Bumrah is also at the top of the list with 30 wickets in four Tests so far in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series. Before Bumrah, the first bowler from a touring country to take at least 30 wickets in a Test was more than three decades ago. Caribbean pace legend Curtly Ambrose took 33 wickets in a Test series on Australia's tour in the 1992-93 season.

Jasprit Bumrah is the second Indian bowler to take at least 30 wickets in a Test series on Australian soil. Earlier, the late former Indian spinner Bishan Singh Bedi took 31 wickets in a series on Australia's tour in the 1967-68 season. In other words, Jasprit Bumrah is also the first Indian pacer to take at least 30 wickets in a series on a tour of Australia. However, it is natural that the wicket count will increase further. The fifth and final Test in the current series is still to be played in Sydney.

Jasprit Bumrah has also confirmed the highest wicket-taker in Tests this year. He took the highest wicket-taker of 71 wickets in 13 Tests this year. England pacer Gus Atkinson is second with 52 wickets in 11 Tests. Bumrah's last Test of the year is in Melbourne. After bowling out Australia for 234 in their second innings, India set a target of 340 runs to win. At the time of writing this report, India's total was 119 for 3. Yashasvi Jaiswal was batting on 68 runs, Pant on 30 runs