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Leeds: The Indian team is playing a 5-match Test series on England’s soil. The first Test match is being played at Headingley in Leeds. Batting first, India’s first innings was reduced to 471 runs. In response, England’s batsmen also showed strength. England’s first innings was reduced to 465 runs. In this way, India managed to get a lead of 6 runs on the basis of the first innings. Half of England’s team was sent to the pavilion by star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah (Jasprit Bumrah ) alone. Bumrah took 5 wickets for 83 runs in 24.4 overs and took a 5-wicket haul for the 14th time in his Test career. In this way, he set a flurry of records.
9 bowlers left behind
Jasprit Bumrah did a great feat of taking 5 wickets for the third time in an innings of a Test match in England. With this, he became the Indian bowler to take the most 5 wicket hauls on the soil of England. Before this, no Indian bowler had been able to do the feat of taking 5 wickets 3 times on the soil of England. Bumrah achieved this great feat by defeating 9 Indian bowlers. Before Bumrah, the Indian bowlers who had taken 5 wickets twice in an innings of a Test match in England include Lala Amarnath, BS Chandrashekhar, Kapil Dev, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vinoo Mankad, Mohammad Nisar, Chetan Sharma, Ishant Sharma and Surendra Nath.
History created as an Asian bowler
You will be surprised to know that Jasprit Bumrah has also become the first Asian bowler to take 150 wickets in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) countries. Josh Tang became Bumrah’s 150th victim. Earlier, on the second day of the Leeds Test, Bumrah became the Asian bowler to take the most wickets in SENA, surpassing Wasim Akram by taking 2 wickets. Now he has become the first Asian bowler to take 150 wickets in SENA countries. Overall, only 3 bowlers have been able to take 150 or more wickets in SENA countries. These include 2 legendary bowlers from West Indies.
Bowlers who have taken the most wickets in SENA countries
Courtney Walsh (WI) – 213 Curtly Ambrose (WI) – 184 Jasprit Bumrah (IND) – 150 Malcolm Marshall (WI) – 148 Wasim Akram (PAK) – 146 Anil Kumble (IND) – 141
It is worth noting that Jasprit Bumrah has taken 64 Test wickets in Australia, 42 in England, 38 in South Africa and 6 in New Zealand so far. Bumrah is one of the most successful Indian bowlers away from home.
Jasprit Bumrah’s Test wickets in SENA
Australia (64)England (42)South Africa (38)New Zealand (6)
