Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Jasprit Bumrah breaks record with five-wicket haul in first test

Jasprit Bumrah picked up his 11th five-wicket haul in test cricket in the first inning of the Perth Test in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 on Saturday. With his five-wicket haul, Bumrah, who had to step in as a captain for the first test due to the unavailability of Rohit Sharma, became the first captain since Anil Kumble in 2007 to take a five-wicket haul in Australia.

Bumrah nicked off Alex Carey with his first ball of the second day and picked up his 11th Test five-wicket haul, taking his test record in away conditions to another level. The Indian pacer now has taken 131 test wickets in just 28 test matches in away conditions at an outstanding average of 20.51. Nine of his 11 five-wicket hauls now have come in away conditions.

The 30-year-old fast bowler massacred the Australian batting line-up with his fiery on Day 1. In his first spell of the test match, Bumrah removed the debutant Nathan McSweeney. Then, he dismissed Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith in back-to-back deliveries to bring back India in the match. Later in the evening, he got rid of the Australian captain Pat Cummins for his fourth wicket.

Bumrah did not waste any time in picking his second test five-wicket haul as he got the better of Alex Carey with his first ball of the Day 2.

Make that FIVE!

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Jasprit Bumrah touches Kapil Dev's feat

With his five-wicket haul, Bumrah now has become only the second fast-bowling Indian captain to take a test five-wicket haul in Australia after Kapil Dev in 1985. Kapil Dev in the 1985-86 series at  Adelaide picked up 8/106 in the first inning to become the first Indian fast-bowler captain to take a five-wicket haul in Australia.

After Dev, Anil Kumble achieved the feat of taking a five-wicket haul as an Indian captain in the 2007-08 series. Kumble picked up 5/84 in the first test of the series at Melbourne and became the third Indian captain to achieve the feat. It was the late great Bishan Singh Bedi, who was the first-ever Indian captain to take a five-wicket haul in Australia.

Visiting Test captains to take a five-wicket haul in Australia