Jasprit Bumrah will full five years in Test cricket when he’ll take the sphere in the New Year Test in opposition to South Africa on the Newlands in Cape Town. At the identical venue, he had made his debut in longest format again in 2018 selecting up 4 wickets throughout two innings. The man has performed an important function in India’s historic away Test wins since then even because the crew conquered Australia twice in their final two makes an attempt.
Overall, he has performed 31 Test matches to date and has accounted for 132 wickets at a median of 21.84 with eight five-wicket hauls to his identify. His thirty second Test will probably be particular because the tempo bowler will return to the identical venue the place he made his Test debut for the third time in five years and with a record in entrance of him.
Bumrah has picked up 10 wickets at Newlands in simply two Test matches to date and desires solely seven wickets to go previous England’s veteran bowler James Anderson. In this case, he’ll develop into the lively visiting bowler with most wickets in Cape Town in Tests.
Most wickets for a visiting bowler in Cape Town in Tests
Player | Wickets |
Colin Blythe (England) | 25 |
Shane Warne (Australia) | 17 |
James Anderson (England) | 16 |
Johnny Briggs (England) | 15 |
John Ferris | 13 |
He will leap to the joint-second place and be part of Shane Warne amongst visiting bowlers if he manages to choose seven scalps. Moreover, he’s simply three wickets away from changing into India’s highest wicket-taker at Newlands in Tests. He will break Javagal Srinath’s 27-year-old record who’s on prime at the moment having picked up 12 wickets in simply two Test matches performed on the venue.
Most wickets for India in Cape Town in Tests
Player | Wickets |
Javagal Srinath | 12 |
Anil Kumble | 11 |
Jasprit Bumrah | 10 |
Bumrah was distinctive in the primary Test for India as he picked up 4 wickets in the one innings he received to bowl after sending down 26.4 overs and conceding 69 runs.