These are not records, this is the reign of Jasprit Bumrah, he has done big feats in a single match.

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|29-12-2024

There is no one like Jassi… He has once again explained why this dialogue is used for Team India's fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. In the first two teams of the Melbourne Test against Australia, the host team was looking heavy on the Indian team. But on the third day of the game, the batsmen made a comeback and then on the fourth day, Jasprit Bumrah changed the whole story. Due to his lethal bowling, the Indian team is seen on the front seat. He has made many big records in his name with just one spell.

Jasprit Bumrah changed the record book

Jasprit Bumrah performed amazingly in the second innings of Melbourne Test. During this innings, he completed his 200 wickets in his Test career by taking the wicket of Travis Head. He achieved this figure in 44 matches. With this he also became the fastest Indian bowler to take 200 wickets in Tests. Let us tell you, Bumrah has taken these 200 wickets at an average of 19.38 and he is the only bowler in the history of Test cricket to take 200 wickets at such a low average. Apart from him, no one's average is less than 20.

First Indian bowler to do so

Jasprit Bumrah had taken 4 wickets in the first innings of Melbourne Test and so far he has taken 4 wickets in the second innings also. Earlier, he had also achieved the feat of taking 4-4 ​​wickets in both the innings of a test match in England. In such a situation, he is the first bowler in the history of Indian cricket to take 4+ wickets in both the innings in England and Australia. At the same time, he is only the second bowler in the 21st century to take 4-4 wickets in both the innings of the Melbourne Test. Earlier, Dale Steyn had achieved this feat in the year 2008.

Jasprit Bumrah has taken 29 wickets so far in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. Let us tell you, this is the highest number of wickets taken by any Indian fast bowler in a Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Earlier, Kapil Dev had taken 25 wickets in a Border-Gavaskar Trophy. On the other hand, Bumrah has now taken 26 wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which is the most wickets taken by a guest bowler at this ground in the last 110 years.

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