In the first Test match being played between India and England, Jasprit Bumrah once again proved that he is the most trusted soldier of Indian bowling. Bumrah took 5 wickets while bowling fatal in England’s first innings and with this, the list of Indian bowlers who took the most five wickets on foreign land came equal to Kapil Dev.
Bumrah’s name has now been recorded for taking five wickets in foreign Tests 12 times, and he has achieved this place in just 34 Tests. In this list, he has equaled Indian cricket veteran all -rounder Kapil Dev. Kapil Dev also took 5 wickets on foreign soil 12 times. But for this he had to play 66 Test matches.
Indian bowlers who took the most five wickets abroad
12- Jaspreet Bumrah (34 Tests)
12 – Kapil Dev (66 Tests)
9 – Ishant Sharma (63 Tests)
8 – Zaheer Khan (54 Tests)
7 – Irfan Pathan (15 Tests)
This figure is not only a symbol of Bumrah’s talent, but also shows how many special bowlers he is in the history of Indian cricket. Bumrah bowled three players in this match. Which includes the names of Docket, Tung and Chris Woakes. Apart from this, Bumrah also sent Joe Root and Caruli to the pavilion. Bumrah bowled 24.4 overs and took 5 wickets for 83 runs. Due to this, England’s first innings was reduced to the score of 465 and India had a 6 -run lead. India scored 471 runs in the first innings.
Team India’s playing 11: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Vice-Qetan/Wicketkeeper), Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Siraj, Jaspreet Bumrah and famous Krishna.
Hosts England’s playing XI in the Leeds Test: Jack Carouly, Ben Docket, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (Captain), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Bridan Cars, Josh Tung and Shoaib Bashir.
H2H (in England) between India-England
Total Test: 67
India won: 9
England won: 36
Draw: 22
H2H (in India) between India and England
Total Test: 69
India won: 26
England won: 15
Draw: 28