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How Jasprit Bumrah is making place in

history with his fiery spells of fast bowling

With 178 Test wickets, Bumrah has a stunning average of 20.16, only bettered by England’s
legendary right-arm fast Sydney Barnes’s bowling average of just 16.43

OUR BUREAU
Perth
ndia’s A-lister Jasprit Bumrah
has earned a place among the
Ibest of all time on the back of his
flamboyant performance in the Bor-
der-Gavaskar Trophy series opener
in Perth against Australia. With his
scorching pace, Bumrah set the Perth
strip on fire with his fiery spells, leav-
ing the Australian batting unit rattled
in the first innings.
With his temperament, Bumrah
set the tempo of the innings by making
the ball obey his will. He consistently
bowled in the corridor of intensity to
wreak havoc and put India in a dom-
inant position. With his breathtaking
spells, Bumrah pushed his name to
feature among some of the best to
grace the surface in the longest format
of cricket.
In the list of bowlers who have a
minimum of 150 Test wickets, Bum- India’s captain Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of Australia’s Usman Khawaja during Day 1 of the first Test match,
rah holds the second-highest bowling
average. With 178 Test wickets, Bum- at Perth Stadium, in Perth on Friday (ANI)
rah has a stunning average of 20.16,
only bettered by England’s legendary advantage, Bumrah forced out a thick Australia. India has a weak record in at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
right-arm fast Sydney Barnes’s bowl- edge from Alex Carey to get his 11th SENA countries historically and start- (MCG) in 2007. Australia won that
ing average of just 16.43, according to Test five-wicket haul on Day 2 of the ed improving their record in 2000s. match by 337 runs.
ESPNcricinfo. During his illustrious opening Test. This was his seventh During the game, Bumrah bowled Bumrah has had five-wicket
career, Barnes picked up 189 scalps in five-fer for Bumrah in SENA (South 18 overs and took five wickets for 30 hauls in Johannesburg, Melbourne,
just 27 appearances. Africa, England, New Zealand and runs at an economy rate of 1.67. He got Nottingham, Northsound, Kingston,
The 30-year-old Indian quick Australia) countries. crucial wickets of Nathan McSweeney, Cape town, Bengaluru, Vishakhapat-
bettered former Australian star Alan With his recent exploits, Bumrah Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Alex nam and Perth, making him a marvel-
Davidson’s stunning Test bowling went level with legendary Kapil Dev Carey and skipper Pat Cummins. lous all-condition bowler.
average of 20.53. During his ca- for most Indian wickets picked by an Now in 27 Tests in SENA countries, India won the toss and opted to
reer, Davidson scythed 186 scalps Indian bowler in SENA countries. Bumrah has got 118 wickets at an aver- bat first. They lost wickets at regular
in 27 appearances for the Baggy Indian pace spearhead Jasprit age of 22.55, with best figures of 6/33. intervals, with KL Rahul (26 in 74
Greens. Bumrah’s magic in the first Bumrah made history on Saturday, se- he has taken a total of seven five-wick- balls, with three fours) being the only
innings ended with figures of 5/30 in curing his seventh five-wicket haul in et hauls. He has tied with Kapil (7) batter in the top order who could sur-
18 overs. With another impressive SENA (South Africa, England, New and is followed by BS Chandrashek- vive for long. Rishabh Pant (37 in 78
outing, India’s “National Treasure” Zealand and Australia) countries, ty- har, Zaheer Khan (six five-wicket balls, with three fours and a six) and
added another feather to his cap. ing with legendary Kapil Dev for most hauls) and Bishan Singh Bedi, Anil Nitish Kumar Reddy (41 in 59 balls,
The stand-in Indian skipper was by an Indian bowler in aforemen- Kumble (five five-wicket hauls). with six fours and a six) put on an im-
the mastermind behind Australia per- tioned countries. He is the only fifth Indian cap- portant 48-run stand for the seventh
ishing on 104. Mohammed Siraj and Bumrah added yet another feath- tain to have a five-wicket haul in Tests, wicket that took India to 150/10.
debutant Harshit Rana turned out to er to his hat and added to his legacy as besides Vinoo Mankad (one), Bis- Josh Hazlewood was the top
be the ideal support as the trio gave no India’s all-time great in SENA condi- han (eight), Kapil (four) and Kum- wicket-taker for the Aussies, taking
window of opportunity to turn the tides. tions during the first Test of the Bor- ble (two). The last Indian captain to 4/29. Skipper Pat Cummins, Mitchell
By using bounce on offer to his der-Gavaskar Trophy at Perth against achieve this feat was Kumble (5/84) Starc and Alex Carey got two each.

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