Jasprit Bumrah breaks record in World Test Championship, the fast bowler performs a big miracle

Published On: December 8, 2024 5:31 pm

India vs Australia 2nd Test: India suffered a crushing defeat by 10 wickets in the second Test match against Australia. The Indian batsmen had a poor performance in this match. In this match, India inexplicably gave Australia a target of 19 runs to avoid an innings defeat. Jasprit Bumrah performed well in the match but he did not get the support from other Indian bowlers. Australia, on the other hand, is led by Pat Cummins and is well supported by Mitchell Starc.

Taking a total of 7 wickets against India

Pat Cummins took two wickets in the first innings of the Test match against India and five wickets in the second innings. In the second innings, he scored only 57 runs off 14 balls and remained a headache for the Indian team. It was because of him that the Indian team could only score 175 runs in the second innings. He proved to be the biggest contributor to Australia’s victory.

Jasprit Bumrah left behind

He took five wickets in the second innings, becoming the fast bowler with the most five-wicket hauls in the history of the World Test Championship. He broke Jasprit Bumrah’s record. Cummins has taken 5 wickets in the World Test Championship so far and 9 in total. While Bumrah has taken 5 wickets in 8 so far in WTC. Now Cummins moved on, leaving him behind. If we look at the overall scenario of the World Test Championship, Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 5 wickets in 11 times.

Fast bowlers with the most five wickets in WTC:

Pat Cummins – 9 times

Jasprit Bumrah- 8 times

Kagiso Rabada – 7 times

Under his leadership, the Australian team won the championship twice

Pat Cummins made his Test debut for Australia in 2011. Thereafter, he played a total of 64 matches and took 279 wickets. He also has 143 ODI and 66 T20 International wickets to his name. Under his leadership, Australia won the finals of the 2023 ODI World Cup and the 2023 World Test Championship.