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Jasprit Bumrah Records Most Wickets Taken By An Indian Bowler In A Series In England

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Jasprit Bumrah, stand-in Indian skipper for the rescheduled 5th Test against hosts England, has set a new record for the most wickets taken by an Indian bowler during a Test series in England.

His haul of 3-68 — which included all of England’s top three batters– in the Covid delayed 5th Test at Edgbaston gave him 21 wickets in a five-match campaign that started last year.

Jasprit Bumrah Surpassed Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s Record Of 19 Wickets in England By Taking 21 Scalps So Far

That surpassed Bhuvneshwar Kumar‘s record of 19 wickets during a five-match series in 2014. Besides, there should be a chance for Jasprit Bumrah, leading India in place of Rohit Sharma, to add to his tally during England’s second innings in Birmingham.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar was leading the list up until now with 19 wickets that he took in the 2014 series, followed by former India great Zaheer Khan who had taken 18 wickets in the 2007 series. The other notable names on the list include Ishant Sharma with 18 wickets and former India leg-spinner Subhash Gupte (17 wickets).

Although India has been renowned for spin bowlers, the only one in the top five of a list dominated by modern-day quicks is leg-spinner Subhash Gupte, who took 17 wickets during a five-match series back in 1959.

Jasprit Bumrah Had Also Scored A Cameo Of 31 Runs Before Taking 3 Scalps

The 28-year-old pacer who is captaining India in this game for the first time had an outstanding day with both bat and ball. After scoring an unbeaten 31 from 16 balls, he got rid of three English top-order batters to give India an upper hand.

Jasprit Bumrah also made the headlines in the first session of the second day’s play when he smashed a record 35 runs off the over of Stuart Broad – the highest ever in Test cricket, going past Brian Lara, George Bailey, and Keshav Maharaj who scored 28 runs in one over.

The 28-year-old pacer arrived at the crease as a number 10 batter and, in the 84th over of the Indian innings, hammered veteran English pacer Stuart Broad for 35 runs in an over. It was the most expensive over in the history of Test cricket.

Jasprit Bumrah showed no mercy against the English quick, who only became the third fast-bowler to pick up 550 wickets in the traditional format of the game a couple of overs ago. He smashed him for 4 fours and 2 sixes in an over to register his name in the record books in his maiden game as Indian captain in any format of the game.

And if that was not enough, he then returned with the ball in hand to haunt the hosts England, and got rid of the top three English batters. He first dismissed opening batter Alex Lees on the last ball of his second over and then sent his partner Zak Crawley back to the pavilion on the first ball of his next over.

There was nothing that could stop the Indian skipper on Saturday as he picked up one more wicket when he got rid of in-form number three batter Ollie Pope. The 24-year-old was in good touch against New Zealand last month but could only manage 10 runs against India. Pacer Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Alex Lees (6), Zak Crawley (9), and Ollie Pope (10).

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