India’s stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah has surpassed Kapil Dev’s report. Bumrah has essentially the most variety of wickets as an Indian seamer in opposition to England in a Test collection.
Bumrah now has 23 wickets within the ongoing collection, Kapil Dev had claimed 22 wickets within the 1981-82 collection. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is third on the record with 19 wickets.
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On Day 4 of the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston, Bumrah eliminated Ollie Pop to go previous the report of Kapil Dev.
Bumrah reached one other milestone as he accomplished 100 wickets within the SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) nations. He now has 101 wickets in SENA nations.
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Bumrah is simply the sixth Indian bowler and fifth Indian pacer to succeed in the landmark, apart from Anil Kumble (141), Ishant Sharma (130), Zaheer Khan (119), Mohammed Shami (119) and Kapil Dev (119).
Interestingly, Bumrah additionally grew to become the primary Indian quick bowler to guide India since Kapil Dev in March 1987.
With common captain Rohit Sharma down with Covid and vice-captain KL Rahul being dominated as a result of damage, the Edgbaston Test is Bumrah’s first as an Indian captain.
Earlier this yr, Bumrah has been promoted because the vice-captain of the Indian crew for the three-match ODI collection in South Africa.
Bumrah, the brand new ‘Smiling Assassin’ of Indian cricket, has the potential to turn into a ‘Captain Marvel’ if entrusted with full-time accountability.
It might be a steep studying curve for Bumrah and being a quick bowler, there might be spells of damage break in addition to workload administration hiatuses.
But as and when Indian cricket is prepared for subsequent management transformation, the slinger from Ahmedabad might be far more worthy than a KL Rahul, who is taken into account to be Rohit Sharma’s pure successor throughout codecs.
