Border Gavaskar Trophy, Jasprit Bumrah: The fourth match of the five-Test series between India and Australia is being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Stadium. Australia has the upper hand on the first day of the Boxing Day Test. Although the Indian bowlers, led by Jasprit Bumrah, tried to make a comeback, India seemed to be on the back foot till the stumps.
By the end of the day’s play, Australia had scored 311 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 86 overs. At the crease, Steve Smith is playing on 68 runs and Pat Cummins is playing on 8 runs. In this match, Bumrah bowled the most expensive over of his career. Sam Konstas, who made his debut for Australia, scored 18 runs in one over of Bumrah.
However, Jadeja showed him the way to the pavilion on the score of 60. Bumrah got the first wicket of the match in the form of Usman Khawaja, who was out after scoring 57 runs. After this Bumrah made Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh his victims. Bumrah performed a special feat when he made Mitchell Marsh his victim.
Actually, Bumrah has taken 24 wickets so far in this series. Bumrah had never taken so many wickets in his Test career before. Earlier, he had taken 23 wickets in five matches against England in 2021-2022. Looking at the kind of wickets Bumrah is taking in this series, it seems that he will soon make many more big records in his name. If Bumrah takes 12 more wickets in this series, he will become the bowler taking the most wickets in a Test series for India.
The list of bowlers who have taken the most wickets in a Test series for India is topped by BS Chandrashekhar, who took 35 wickets in 1972-1973. However, the bowlers who are in the top-5 in this list had achieved this feat on Indian soil and Bumrah is making waves on foreign soil.
Bowler taking most wickets in a test series for India
BS Chandrashekhar
On the top of this list is BS Chandrashekhar, who took 35 wickets in five matches against England who toured India in 1972-1973. His best performance was taking 8 wickets for 79 runs. In this series he took five wicket hauls four times.
Mulvantrai Mankad (Venu Mankad)
Vinoo Mankad took 34 wickets in 5 matches against England who toured India in 1952-1952. He took four wicket hauls five times in this series. Whereas once he was successful in taking five wicket haul. His best performance in this series was taking 8 wickets for 55 runs.
Subhashchandra Pandharinath Gupte (Subhash Gupte)
Subhash Gupte had taken 34 wickets in five matches played against New Zealand on home soil in 1955-1956. His best performance during this period was taking 7 wickets for 128 runs. He took five wicket hauls four times in this series.
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin, who recently bid farewell to international cricket, took 32 wickets in the four-match series against England at home in 2020-2021. His best performance during this period was taking 6 wickets for 61 runs. He took five wicket hauls thrice in this series.
Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan Singh had taken 32 wickets in three matches against the Australian team that toured India in the year 2000-2001. His best performance was taking 8 wickets for 84 runs. He took five wicket hauls four times in this series.
Kapil Dev
After this there is Kapil Dev in the list. He took 32 wickets in 6 matches during the Pakistani tour of India in 1979-1980. His best performance was taking 7 wickets for 56 runs. During this period, he took four wickets twice and five wickets thrice.
Ravichandran Ashwin
After this, Ravichandran Ashwin is again in the list. Ashwin took 31 wickets in 4 matches against the South African team that toured India in 2015-2016. During this period he had taken five wicket hauls four times. His best performance in this series was taking 7 wickets for 66 runs.
Bishan Singh Bedi
Bishan Singh Bedi took 31 wickets in five matches on the Australian tour in 1977-1978. His best performance during this period was 5 wickets for 55 runs. During this period he had taken five wicket hauls thrice.
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