Jasprit Bumrah produced his finest bowling figures in Tests in India with six wickets in opposition to England on Day 2 of the continued second Test match on Saturday. Bumrah’s six for 45 additionally took his wickets tally in Tests to 152 as he turned the quickest Indian pacer to attain this big milestone.
The 30-year-old pacer now has taken 152 wickets in simply 34 Test matches at an incredible bowling common of 20.28 with the assistance of 10 five-wicket hauls. Bumrah additionally set one other historic milestone after reaching the 150-wicket mark on the Vizag Test. He now holds the perfect bowling common in Test cricket with a minimal of 150 wickets in the final 110 years.
Bumrah surpassed the legendary West Indies tempo trio of Malcolm Marshal, Joel Garner and Curtly Ambrose in the checklist of gamers with the perfect bowling common. In a 150-wicket membership, Bumrah has now the second-best bowling common in Test cricket historical past and the perfect in the final 110 years.
England’s legendary pacer Sydney Barnes, who performed 27 Test matches from 1901 to 1914, holds the file for finest bowling common of 16.43. Only six gamers have a bowling common beneath 21Â with 150 Test wickets.
Best bowling common in Tests after 150 wickets
- Sydney Barnes (England) – 16.43Â
- Jasprit Bumrah (India) – 20.28
- Alan Davidson (Australia) – 20.53
- Malcolm Marshal (West Indies) – 20.94
- Joel Garner (West Indies) – 20.97
- Curtly Ambrose (West Indies) – 20.99Â
Meanwhile, Bumrah’s six wickets and three-for from spinner Kuldeep Yadav ended England’s first innings on 253. Opener Zak Crawley top-scored with 76 off simply 78 and captain Ben Stokes added fast 47 runs. India averted shedding wickets in their second innings and scored 28 in 5 overs to increase the result in 171 runs on the finish of Day 2’s play at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium.
