Big charisma of Punjab Kings bowler in the history of Test cricket, this happened for the first time since 1904

The first match of the Test series is being played in Durban between hosts South Africa and Sri Lanka. The first test match started on 27th December in which the South African team, batting first, got bundled out for just 191 runs in the first innings. In response, Sri Lanka's batting was very poor and the entire team was bundled out for 42 runs in just 13.5 overs. Except 2 batsmen, no one could reach double digit score while 5 batsmen could not even open their account. In this way the Sri Lankan team made a shameful record of its lowest score in the history of Test cricket. Not only this, an unwanted record was also registered in the name of Lanka in the last 100 years.

In fact, Sri Lanka has recorded a shameful record of being all out facing the least number of balls in the history of Test cricket in the last 100 years. Earlier in the year 1924, the South African team was limited to a score of only 30 runs in the Edgbaston Test match against England in which they faced 75 balls. Now Sri Lanka has shattered this record.

South African bowler created history

South African bowler Marco Janson played a big role in bowling out Sri Lanka for 42 runs, who single-handedly showed the way to the pavilion to 7 batsmen. He took 7 wickets while giving away 13 runs in just 6.5 overs and equaled the great record of 100 years old Test cricket. Yanson dismissed 7 Sri Lankan batsmen in just 41 balls. With this, he became the second bowler in the world to jointly take 7 wickets in the fewest number of balls in an innings of a Test match. He equaled Australian bowler Hugh Trumble. In the year 1904, Hugh Trumbull had shown the way to the pavilion to 7 England batsmen in a Test innings in 41 balls.

Bowlers who took 7+ wickets in the fewest balls in a test match innings

• 41 – Hugh Trumbull (AUS) v England, 1904
• 41 – Marco Jensen (SA) vs Sri Lanka, 2024
• 46 – Monty Noble (AUS) vs England, 1902

It is noteworthy that Marco Jansson will be seen playing for Punjab Kings in IPL 2025. Janson was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 7 crore in the mega auction of IPL 2025. In such a situation, the Punjab Kings team would not be overjoyed after seeing Yanson's performance.

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