IND vs AUS: Captain Jasprit Bumrah completes historic fifer in Perth

Jasprit Bumrah, the star Indian pacer, has been in sensational form in the ongoing first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Optus Stadium in Perth. The 30-year-old, who is captaining India in Rohit Sharma’s absence, claimed four wickets on Day 1 and completed his 11th five-wicket haul in Tests by dismissing Alex Carey off the first ball of his spell on Day 2. 

 

Most wickets in 2024 

Jasprit Bumrah (India) – 61*

Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) – 60

Adam Zampa (India) – 50

Josh Hazlewood (Australia) – 48

Alzarri Joseph (West Indies) – 48  This was Bumrah's 2nd fifer in Australia and has helped India to get a strong hold in the 1st Test in Perth as well. 

Jasprit Bumrah Test cricket stats in Australia
	Span	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	5w	10w
In Australia	2018-2024	8	15	290.5	82	709	37	6/33	9/86	19.16	2.43	47.1	2	0

 

  Bumrah's historic spell 

Carey, the Australian wicketkeeper-batter, was caught behind by Rishabh Pant, who now has 99 dismissals in the World Test Championship. By taking Carey’s wicket in the morning session, Bumrah not only recorded his first five-wicket haul as captain but also became the first Indian pacer to reach 50 wickets in a single edition of the WTC.  With this incredible spell which still hasn't finished, Bumrah has become the joint-highest Indian bowler with the most five-wicket hauls in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) nations. 

Jasprit Bumrah five wicket hauls for India
S. No.	Date	First Innings	Second Innings	Against	Venue	Result
1	24/01/18	5/54 (18.5 overs)	2/57 (21 overs)	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	Won
2	18/08/18	2/37 (12.2 overs)	5/85 (29 overs)	England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Won
3	06/12/18	3/47 (24 overs)	3/68 (24 overs)	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Won
4	14/12/18	2/53 (26 overs)	3/39 (25.2 overs)	Australia	Perth Stadium, Perth	Lost
5	26/12/18	6/33 (15.5 overs)	3/53 (19 overs)	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Won
6	22/08/19	1/55 (18 overs)	5/7 (8 overs)	West Indies	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua	Won
7	30/08/19	6/27 (12.1 overs)	1/31 (11 overs)	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	Won
8	29/02/20	3/62 (22 overs)	2/39 (13 overs)	New Zealand	Hagley Oval, Christchurch	Lost
9	26/12/2020	4/56 (16 overs)	2/54 (27 overs)	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Won
10	2/2/2024	6/45  (15.5 overs)	-	England	Vishakhapatnam	-
11	23/11/24	5/29 (16 overs)	-	Australia	Optus Stadium, Perth	-

  Bumrah has been the most effective in his home country for obvious reasons and has 2 fifers in red ball cricket on home soil as well. His variations and strategies to get batter out is just second to none. 

Jasprit Bumrah Test cricket stats in India
	Span	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	5w	10w
In India	2021-2024	12	23	278.5	68	808	47	6/45	9/91	17.19	2.89	35.5	2	0