Bumrah completes Kapil Dev's record..!!!

Sowmiya Sriram
bumrah completes Kapil Dev's record..!!!
Jasprit bumrah has set the record for being the indian fast bowler who took the most wickets in a Test series against Australia. Kapil Dev's record of 25 wickets in the 1991-92 Test series was the previous record, but bumrah has now broken that record. The 4th day of the 4th Test match between india and australia is in full swing. At the end of the 3rd day's play, the indian team had scored 358 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. In this situation, the 4th day's play began with the nitish kumar Reddy-Siraj partnership. nitish kumar Reddy, who played aggressively, scored 115 runs and was dismissed, and the indian team was all out for 369 runs. After this, the Australian team started the second innings with a lead of 105 runs. The Konstas-Khawaja partnership gave the start. This made the game more interesting. Unlike the first innings, this time Konstas struggled to data-face Bumrah's balls. In this context, the inswinger ball bowled by bumrah lifted Konstas' middle stump. Due to this, he was dismissed for 8 runs.
By taking this wicket, bumrah broke a 33-year-old record. Only jasprit bumrah has taken 26 wickets in this Test series. Before this, the record was taken by kapil dev in the Test series against australia in 1991-92. bumrah has broken this record and is the indian fast bowler who has taken the most wickets in a Test series against Australia. He is also the 5th bowler in the history of the World Test championship to take 150 wickets. jasprit bumrah, who has played 34 matches in the World Test championship, has taken a total of 150 wickets. Former indian player Ravichandran Ashwin is at the top of this list with 195 wickets. He has also equaled the record of taking the most wickets by an indian player in a single season of the World Test Championship. The record was held by Ravichandran Ashwin's 71 wickets in the 2019-21 season. Currently, bumrah is amazing in the 2023-25 season by taking 71 wickets. The record in this list is held by australia legend Nathan Lyon, who took 88 wickets in the 2021-23 season.

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