Jasprit Bumrah produced his greatest bowling figures in Exams in India with six wickets towards England on Day 2 of the continued second Check match on Saturday. Bumrah’s six for 45 additionally took his wickets tally in Exams to 152 as he turned the quickest Indian pacer to realize this large milestone.
The 30-year-old pacer now has taken 152 wickets in simply 34 Check matches at a tremendous bowling common of 20.28 with the assistance of 10 five-wicket hauls. Bumrah additionally set one other historic milestone after reaching the 150-wicket mark on the Vizag Check. He now holds the very best bowling common in Check cricket with a minimal of 150 wickets within the final 110 years.
Bumrah surpassed the legendary West Indies tempo trio of Malcolm Marshal, Joel Garner and Curtly Ambrose within the listing of gamers with the very best bowling common. In a 150-wicket membership, Bumrah has now the second-best bowling common in Check cricket historical past and the very best within the final 110 years.
England’s legendary pacer Sydney Barnes, who performed 27 Check matches from 1901 to 1914, holds the file for greatest bowling common of 16.43. Solely six gamers have a bowling common beneath 21 with 150 Check wickets.
Finest bowling common in Exams after 150 wickets
- Sydney Barnes (England) – 16.43
- Jasprit Bumrah (India) – 20.28
- Alan Davidson (Australia) – 20.53
- Malcolm Marshal (West Indies) – 20.94
- Joel Garner (West Indies) – 20.97
- Curtly Ambrose (West Indies) – 20.99
In the meantime, Bumrah’s six wickets and three-for from spinner Kuldeep Yadav ended England’s first innings on 253. Opener Zak Crawley top-scored with 76 off simply 78 and captain Ben Stokes added fast 47 runs. India prevented shedding wickets of their second innings and scored 28 in 5 overs to increase the result in 171 runs on the finish of Day 2’s play at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium.