Jasprit Bumrah: Indian cricket team’s experienced fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has created history in the second test match against England. Bumrah has become the fastest Indian fast bowler to take 150 wickets in Test cricket. During this period, he left behind players like Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Kapil Dev and R Ashwin. Bumrah achieved this feat by bowling England captain Ben Stokes on a very beautiful ball. The English batsmen looked helpless in front of the lethal bowling of right-handed Bumrah. Test team vice-captain Bumrah took 5 wicket haul for the 10th time in Test cricket.
Jasprit Bumrah has done this feat on this flat pitch at the ACA VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, which is commendable. In this match, he first bowled the dangerous batsman Ollie Pope, who scored 196 runs in the second innings of the Hyderabad Test. After dismissing Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow, Bumrah completed his 5 wicket haul by dismissing Stokes and Tom Hartley. James Anderson became the sixth victim of Bumrah. The dangerous yorker on which Bumrah bowled Ollie Pope was worth watching. Pope missed a dangerous yorker and the ball entered the wickets at the speed of a bullet. The leg stump was uprooted and fell some distance away.
- Jasprit Bumrah made history in the second Test against England by becoming the fastest Indian fast bowler to reach 150 wickets in Test cricket, surpassing the likes of Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Kapil Dev, and R Ashwin.
- Bumrah achieved this milestone on a flat pitch at the ACA VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, showcasing his skill and effectiveness. His lethal bowling performance included a beautiful delivery that dismissed England captain Ben Stokes and helped him secure his 10th 5-wicket haul in Test cricket.
- Bumrah’s notable dismissals in the match included Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Tom Hartley, and James Anderson. His impressive yorker to dismiss Pope demonstrated his mastery, with the ball uprooting the leg stump at a remarkable speed.
Bumrah left Umesh Yadav behind
Bumrah became the Indian to take 150 wickets by bowling the least number of balls in Test cricket. He has bowled 6781 balls to get 150 wickets whereas Umesh Yadav took the help of 7661 balls to achieve this feat. Whereas Mohammed Shami has bowled 7755 balls to reach the figure of 150. Veteran all-rounder Kapil Dev had bowled 8378 balls to take 150 Test wickets, while R Ashwin had taken 8380 balls to achieve this feat.
India got a lead of 143 runs in the first innings
Jasprit Bumrah got his sixth wicket by dismissing James Anderson. He bowled 15.5 overs in England’s first innings and took 6 wickets at the expense of 45 runs while bowling 5 overs of maiden. In front of Bumrah’s lethal bowling, the England team collapsed for 253 runs in the first innings. Team India got a lead of 143 runs in the first innings. India scored 396 runs in the first innings on the basis of Yashasvi Jaiswal’s double century.
