New Delhi: Team India pacer Jasprit Bumrah bagged his 12th Test fifer during Australia’s first innings on Day 2 of the 3rd Test between the two sides at the Gabba on Sunday. Bumrah was the lone warrior for India with the ball as Australia dominated the proceedings with the bat on Day 2. Travis Head and Steve Smith slammed centuries apiece to take the game away from India before Bumrah brought the visitors back into the game by dismissing the duo.
Bumrah provided India with a cracking start with the ball in the early morning session on Day 2 as he sent Australian openers Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSweeney packing in quick succession. Head and Smith then combined to share a brilliant 241-run stand for the 4th wicket to help Australia cross the 300-run mark comfortably.
Bumrah broke the stand between the duo by dismissing Smith on 101 in the 83rd over. The right-hander was caught by Indian skipper Rohit Sharma at slips after edging a delivery from the Indian pacer. Bumrah then got rid of Mitchell Marsh cheaply on 5 before getting the big fish Head on 152 in the 87th over to complete his 12th fifer for India in Tests.
It was Bumrah’s 8th five-wicket haul in Tests in SENA countries as he broke Kapil Dev’s record for most fifers by an Indian bowler in SENA nations. Kapil, who is the third-highest wicket-taker for India in Tests with 434 scalps to his name, picked up seven Test fifers in SENA countries. Bumrah, who has five-wicket hauls in England, South Africa, Australia and has now gone past Kapil.
Indian bowlers with most Test fifers in SENA countries:
8 – Jasprit Bumrah*
7 – Kapil Dev
6 – Zaheer Khan
6 – B Chandrasekhar
With his fifer, Bumrah also became the leading wicket-taker in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. The Indian pacer has so far picked up 17 wickets in three matches in the high-profile series, highlighting the kind of impact he has made with the ball for the visitors. However, despite Bumrah’s bowling heroics, the day firmly belonged to Australia, who finished with 405/7 at stumps courtesy of tons from Head and Smith.
Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah broke the legendary Kapil Dev’s all-time record with a brilliant five-wicket haul on Day 2 of the 3rd Test against Australia at the Gabba on Sunday. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
