AUS vs IND 2024-25: Jasprit Bumrah shatters Kapil Dev’s record with Brisbane six-fer

Jasprit Bumrah scored a fifer in the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024–25 in Brisbane, surpassing Kapil Dev’s record. As the Indian side struggles in the five-match series, the 31-year-old fast bowling star keeps setting new marks.

The tourists have so far failed miserably in the third Test of the series, as the Australians amassed a massive 445 thanks to hundreds from Steve Smith (101 off 190) and Travis Head (152 off 160). Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, and Yashavi Jaiswal were all cheaply lost on Day 3, so the Indian team’s hopes of making an impression with the bat were dashed.

One player who has always put up a fight against the Australians is Jasprit Bumrah, who captured his 12th five-wicket haul in Test cricket with figures of 6/76 in the first innings of the third Test.

This became Jasprit Bumrah the fastest Asian to reach 50 wickets in Australia, having done so in just his tenth game there.

He took the place of Kapil Dev, who accomplished the feat in 11 games in Australia.

Lance Gibbs, Sydney Barnes, Harold Larwood, and Tom Richardson were among the many cricketing greats who achieved the 50-wicket mark in ten games before Bumrah joined them. Maurice Tate of England, who reached 50 wickets in just eight Test matches, is the fastest bowler from outside Australia.

In relation to Bumrah, the pacer has an outstanding record in Australia, having claimed 50 wickets at a remarkable strike rate of 42.8 and an average of 17.82. In Australia, Bumrah’s third five-wicket haul is the most recent. He also has two fifers in England and the West Indies, and three in South Africa.