Jasprit bumrah has created three important records in the first Test match against England. Even though the indian team struggled with bowling on the second day of the match, bumrah was the only one to bowl well and took three wickets. england had scored 29 runs for the loss of three wickets at the end of the second day. bumrah took all three wickets for England. Let's see what records he has achieved through this. In this match, bumrah was dismissed by Joe Root for 28 runs. He has been dismissed by bumrah 10 times in Test cricket so far. In fact, bumrah has taken his wicket in just 25 innings. With this, bumrah has set the record of being the bowler to take Joe Root's wicket 10 times in the fewest innings. Previously, Pat Cummins had taken Joe Root's wickets a total of 11 times. He had dismissed Joe Root ten times in 27 innings.
Similarly, josh Hazlewood had dismissed Joe Root 10 times in 31 innings. Now, bumrah has set a record by dismissing Joe Root ten times in 25 innings. Also, bumrah took the wicket of Jack Crawley in the first over of this match. With this, he has become the bowler who has taken the most wickets in the first over in a Test match since 2021. bumrah has taken 8 wickets in the first over in Test matches since 2021. In second place on this list is South Africa's Kagiso Rabada with 7 wickets. Mitchell Starc is also with 7 wickets. West Indies' Kemar Roach is in third place with 6 wickets. Apart from this, he has also achieved an important achievement. jasprit bumrah has surpassed Wasim Akram in the list of Asian bowlers who have taken the most Test wickets in the four countries known as SENA, namely South Africa, england, New Zealand, and Australia. Before this, Wasim Akram had taken 146 wickets. Now, bumrah has taken 147 wickets and has taken the first place by taking three wickets in the first innings.
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Sowmiya Sriram

22/06/2025 12:54 PM