The first match of the 5-Test series between India and Australia is being played at the Optus Stadium in Perth. Jasprit Bumrah is captaining Team India in this match. This is only the second time that the command of the Indian Test team is in the hands of Jasprit Bumrah. He bowled amazingly as captain on the first day of the Perth Test, due to which the Australian team was on the backfoot on the very first day of the match. Now the second day of the game is going to be very important for Team India as well as Jasprit Bumrah. He can make a special record in his name.
Jasprit Bumrah one step away from creating history
After winning the toss in this match, the Indian team scored only 150 runs in its innings. In such a situation, the Indian team seemed to be in trouble. But Jasprit Bumrah played such a game with the new ball that within a few overs the match was completely overturned. Jasprit Bumrah gave the first blow to Australia on the score of 14 runs. After this, he also took the second wicket on the score of 19 runs. Australia’s innings faltered in no time. Bumrah showed the way to the pavilion to 4 batsmen in just 10 overs, due to which Australia lost 7 wickets for 67 runs by the end of the day’s play.
Just 1 step away from MahaRecord
Jasprit Bumrah is the sixth Indian captain to take a wicket in Australia. Before this, Lala Amarnath, Bishan Bedi, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble have been able to take wickets as captains in Australia. Of these, Bishan Bedi, Kapil Dev and Anil Kumble are the only captains who had achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets in an innings. In such a situation, Jasprit Bumrah is now just 1 wicket away from being included in this list. Along with this, he will also become the first Indian fast bowling captain, who will take 5 wickets in an innings in Australia. Kapil Dev also used to bowl fast, but he is counted among the bowling all-rounders and Bumrah is a proper fast bowler.
Apart from this, Bumrah has come at number 5 in terms of taking most wickets abroad. He has taken 130 test wickets abroad. He has left behind Javagal Srinath, who had taken 128 wickets. Whereas, Kapil Dev is leading in this list with 215 wickets. Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami are also part of this list. Apart from this, Australia has the highest
In terms of taking Test wickets, he has come fourth among Indian bowlers. Only R Ashwin, Anil Kumble and Kapil Dev are ahead of him.
