India vs England: Jasprit Bumrah Surpasses Kapil Dev To Break This 40-Year-Old Record

Pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been proving his worth as an outstanding pacer in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) countries and has completed 100 Test wickets playing against them on their soil, becoming the sixth Indian bowler to do so. The star pacer achieved the landmark during the fifth and final Test against England at Edgbaston In the 22nd over of the final innings on Day 4, Bumrah clean bowled a well-set opener Zak Crawley for 46 to reach the landmark. Crawley misjudged the ball and his bails went flying. After this, he soon dismissed an in-form Ollie Pope for a duck.

Bumrah currently has 101 wickets in SENA countries. He is the sixth Indian bowler to cross the 100-mark besides Anil Kumble (141), Ishant Sharma (130), Zaheer Khan (119), Mohammed Shami (119) and Kapil Dev (119) to reach the landmark. He is also the fifth Indian pacer to complete 100 SENA wickets.

Among the four countries, most of his wickets have come in England. Across nine matches in England, he has taken a total of 37 wickets at an average of 25.18 and an economy rate of 2.67. His best bowling figures in English conditions are 5/64.

Bumrah also surpassed Kapil for a different. When Bumrah dismissed Ollie Pope, he picked his 23rd wickt in the series. He now has the most number of wickets for an Indian pacer against England in a series. Earlier, Kapil Dev held the record. The former India captain took 22 wickets at home against England in a test series in 1981-82.

Australia also remains a favourite hunting ground for the lead Indian pacer as in his seven games there, he has taken 32 wickets at an average of 21.25 and an economy of 2.47. He took the advantage of Aussie conditions by producing his best bowling figures of 6/33.

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