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After Perth, India’s star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah also made a comeback against Australia in Adelaide. Bumrah, who took 8 wickets in the Perth Test, took four wickets in the first innings of the second match being played in Adelaide. He dismissed opener Usman Khawaja (13), McSweeney (39), Steve Smith (2) and captain Pat Cummins (12) in the day-night Test. Bumrah has broken the record of Mohammed Shami and Zaheer Khan by hitting a ‘fatal four’ of wickets.
Bumrah has reached fourth place in the list of Asian bowlers taking the most wickets in SENA countries. He has taken 125 wickets in 53 innings in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia). India’s fast pacer Shami has taken 123 wickets. He did this in 63 innings. Ishant Sharma (130 wickets) is ahead of Bumrah. Former Indian spinner Anil Kumble (141) is second and former Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram (146) is on top.
Most wickets (innings) by Asian bowlers in SENA countries
146 – Wasim Akram (55)
125 – Jasprit Bumrah Bumrah (53)*
120 – Muttiah Muralitharan Muralitharan (34)
At the same time, Bumrah has overtaken Zaheer Khan in the list of bowlers who have taken the most Test wickets for India in a year. Bumrah has taken 53 wickets so far in the year 2024. Zaheer had taken 51 kills in 2022. On the top of this list is former captain Kapil Dev, who took 75 Test wickets in 1983 and 74 in 1979. Bumrah is the only bowler to touch the figure of 50 Test wickets in the current year.
Most test wickets for India in a year
75 – Kapil Dev (1983)
53 – Jasprit Bumrah (2024)*
48 – Jasprit Bumrah (2018)
On the basis of the century inning of Travis Head (140), Australia scored 337 runs on the second day of Adelaide Test on Saturday. India’s first innings was limited to 180 runs. Australia took a huge lead of 157 runs on the basis of first innings. Apart from Bumrah, fast bowler Mohammad Siraj also took four wickets. Nitish Reddy and R Ashwin took one wicket each.
