New Delhi. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah on Friday congratulated fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah on completing 400 international wickets in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai.
Bumrah took 4 wickets for 50 runs in 11 overs and played a key role in the collapse of Bangladesh's batting, which resulted in Bangladesh's first innings being reduced to 149 runs. He completed his 400th wicket by dismissing Hasan Mahmud just before the tea break. Bumrah has become the 10th bowler and sixth fast bowler from India to take 400 wickets. Before him, Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami have achieved this feat.
Jay Shah wrote on the social media platform 'X', “Jasprit Bumrah has set another record by completing 400 wickets in international cricket. Your brilliant yorkers and matchwinning bowling have always impressed. Congratulations on reaching this milestone, Jasprit! Looking forward to more wickets ahead.”
After taking 4 wickets in Chennai, Bumrah's total number of wickets in international career has now become 401. He has taken these wickets in 196 matches at an average of 21.01, in which his best performance is 6 wickets for 19 runs. In 37 Test matches, Bumrah has taken 163 wickets at an average of 20.49 and his best performance has been 6 wickets for 27 runs. He has also taken five wickets 10 times in Test cricket.
30yearold Bumrah has taken 149 wickets in ODIs at an average of 23.55, with his best performance being 6 wickets for 19 runs. He also has the record of taking five wickets twice in ODIs. In 70 T20 matches, he has taken 89 wickets at an average of 17.74 and his best performance has been 3 wickets for 7 runs.
The leading wickettakers for India in international cricket are Anil Kumble (953 wickets), Ravichandran Ashwin (744 wickets), and Harbhajan Singh (707 wickets).
Earlier, thanks to Ashwin's brilliant century of 113 runs and excellent halfcenturies from Ravindra Jadeja (86) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (56), India scored 376 runs in the first innings. At the end of the second day of the match, India's score was 813 and they had gained a big lead of 308 runs. Shubman Gill (33*) and Rishabh Pant (12*) will continue their innings the next day.
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