Jasprit Bumrah, India’s pace spearhead, has now taken 400 wickets in international cricket, making him the tenth member of his side to accomplish so.
Jasprit Bumrah, India’s pace spearhead, has taken 400 wickets in international cricket, becoming the team’s tenth most wicket-taker. Bumrah attained this milestone during India’s first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai. During the game, Bumrah took 4/50 in 11 overs, having an economy rate of 4.50. He bowled out Shadman Islam, Mushfiqur Rahim, Hasan Mahmud, and Taskin Ahmed. Bumrah now has 401 wickets in 196 international appearances, an average of 21.01, with the best bowling statistics of 6/19. He is only the sixth Indian pacer to reach this level.
With a career average of 23.55 and a top result of 6/19, Bumrah has claimed 149 wickets in 89 One-Day Internationals. Throughout the format, he has taken two wickets.
With a 17.74 average and a best of 3/7, Bumrah has claimed 89 wickets in 70 T20 Internationals.
In terms of international cricket wickets taken, Anil Kumble leads the Indian team with 953, followed by Ravichandran Ashwin with 744 and Harbhajan Singh with 707 wickets.
Bangladesh choose to field first after winning the toss and heading into the contest.
At 34/3, India was left as the top-order fell. Indian entry into the match was made possible by a 62-run partnership between Rishabh Pant (39 in 52 balls, six fours) and opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (56 in 118 balls). Ravindra Jadeja (86* in 117 balls, with 10 fours and 2 sixes) and Ravichandran Ashwin (113 in 133 balls) stitched together a 199-run partnership after India was reduced to 144/6. This helped India reach 376 in 91.2 overs.
The best bowler for Bangladesh was Hasan Mahmud (5/83) who destroyed the Indian top order by dismissing Virat Kohli (6), Shubman Gill (0), and skipper Rohit Sharma (6). Taskin Ahmed also claimed three wickets at a cost of 55 runs.
Throughout their opening innings, Bangladesh consistently lost wickets. Bangladesh’s batting was broken by Bumrah (4/50) and Akash Deep (2/19), despite a brief fight from Shakib Al Hasan (32), Litton Das (22) and Mehidy Hasan Miraz (27*). Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj each claimed two wickets.
