New Delhi: Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah is prepared to lead India in the first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth on Friday. With regular captain Rohit Sharma making himself unavailable for selection after the birth of his second child, the onus has fell on the ace speedster to not just provide early breakthroughs with lethal spells but resuscitate the whole team after coming from an unprecedented whitewash against New Zealand at home.
The stakes in the Australia Test series are high and Bumrah isn’t someone strange to pressure. When the Ahmedabad-born player turned 25 in 2018, he played his first Test match in Australia (in Adelaide) exactly 11 months after making red-ball debut for India. At that point, his role was to complement senior pacers Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami to totter the Australian batters.
Six years later, with a far-reaching experience backed by the gumption to lead the charge, Bumrah is set to extend his prolific run with the red ball. The captaincy hat will only add another layer of excitement to see him work on areas he is yet to discover. He has just the led the team once in England in 2022, which the visitors lost in a high-octane run-chase in Birmingham.
Before the start of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, we take a look at Bumrah’s numbers against Australia in Australia.
Jasprit Bumrah wickets in Australia in Tests
Bumrah has played seven Test matches in Australia, having missed the series-decider in Brisbane due to an abdominal strain. He has picked up 32 wickets across 14 innings at an average of 21.25 with his best bowling figures of 6 for 33 came at the MCG Test on the 2018-19 tour.
Interestingly, Bumrah has played all of his Test matches against Australia down under as he was injured during the 2023 home series in February-March period last year.
Which Australian batter has Jasprit Bumrah dismissed the most in Test cricket?
Among the 32 Australian wickets acocunted by Bumrah, the Indian bowling spearhead has dismissed 14 different Australian players on his two visits thus far. Among the 14 batters, current Australia Test captain Pat Cummins and his predecessor Tim Paine fell to Bumrah four times each.
Bumrah got the better of the likes of Mitchell Starc and Shaun Marsh three times each. He has only dismissed Steven Smith once and hasn’t got the wicket of Marnus Labuschagne between their battles in four Test matches so far.
Jasprit Bumrah has played seven Test matches in Australia during his twin visits in 2018-19 and 2020-21. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
