Jasprit Bumrah Seventh Five Wicket Haul Record: Team India's star bowler Jasprit Bumrah created history by defeating Australia with his pace and accuracy in the Perth Test against Australia when he took five wickets for the seventh time in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) countries. And thus he became equal with the great Kapil Dev in terms of taking most wickets by an Indian bowler in these countries. Bumrah added another feather to his cap as India's all-time greatest bowler in SENA conditions during the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth against Australia. Bumrah has taken five-wicket hauls in Johannesburg, Melbourne, Nottingham, Northsound, Kingston, Cape Town, Bengaluru, Visakhapatnam and Perth, which makes him an excellent bowler to play in all conditions.
Bumrah's historic feat in SENA
India has historically had a weak record among SENA countries and started improving its record since the 2000s. During the game, Bumrah bowled 18 overs and took five wickets for 30 runs at an economy rate of 1.67. He took important wickets of Nathan McSweeney, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Alex Carey and captain Pat Cummins. Now in 27 Test matches in SENA countries, Bumrah has taken 118 wickets at an average of 22.55. He has taken five wickets a total of seven times. He has tied with Kapil (7) and is followed by BS Chandrashekhar, Zaheer Khan (five wickets six times) and Bishan Singh Bedi, Anil Kumble (five wickets five times).
He is the fifth Indian captain to take five wickets in Tests, after Vinoo Mankad (one), Bishan Singh Bedi (eight), Kapil Dev (four) and Anil Kumble (two). The last Indian captain to achieve this feat was Kumble (5/84) who achieved this feat at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in 2007. Australia won that match by 337 runs.
Talking about the match, India won the toss and decided to bat first. India won the toss and decided to bat first. They lost wickets at regular intervals, with KL Rahul (26 runs from 74 balls, three fours) being the only batsman in the top order who could last for long. Rishabh Pant (37 runs from 78 balls, three fours and a six) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (41 runs from 59 balls, six fours and a six) made a crucial partnership of 48 runs for the seventh wicket, leaving India at 150/10. Has reached.
Josh Hazlewood was the highest wicket taker for Australia, he took 4/29 wickets. Captain Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Alex Carey got two wickets each. Thanks to Bumrah's four wickets, Australia struggled on the first day with a score of 67/7. None of the top six batsmen could touch the 20-run mark. On the second day, Carey (21) and Mitchell Starc (26) crossed the 20-run mark, but the Australian team could score only 104 runs and took a lead of 46 runs. Bumrah (5/30) made a great start for India, while Harshit Rana (3/48) and Mohammed Siraj (2/20) also bowled well.
(with ANI inputs)
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