Jasprit Bumrah Creates HISTORY; Equals Massive Ravichandran Ashwin Record To Become...
Times Now December 25, 2024 11:39 PM

Jasprit Bumrah has been a sensation throughout the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024 against Australia, and he will be looking to continue his stellar form in the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne to help his team get a much-needed 2-1 lead in the series. Even before Bumrah has stepped on to the field at the MCG, he has created a massive record, as he has equalled a tally set by the recently retired Ravichandran Ashwin. In fact, Bumrah also has a chance to eclipse the record when the fourth Test begins on December 26.Jasprit Bumrah finds himself at the top of the ICC Test Bowlers rankings. He now has a ranking points tally of 904. This is the joint-most amount of points achieved by an Indian in ICC Rankings history. Ravichandran Ashwin achieved the same number of points in 2016 when he was the World No.1 bowler. If Bumrah performs well in the fourth Test, then he has the chance to surpass Ashwin's tally as well.ALSO READ:

How Jasprit Bumrah Achieved 904 Points?Jasprit Bumrah was on 890 points before the start of the third Test between India and Australia at Brisbane. He put up a tremendous performance as he finished with figures of 9/94 in the match, including a 6-wicket haul in the first innings. he gained 14 rating points for his superlative performance and hence has equalled the record set by R Ashwin. Jasprit Bumrah Needs 9 Wickets To Achieve Massive FeatJasprit Bumrah currently has 21 wickets in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023/24. If he takes 9 more wickets in the Boxing Day Test like he did in the third match, then he will have 30 wickets in the series. He will thus become the first pace bowler to take 30 wickets in a single edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.Overall, he will become the second player in history to take 30 wickets in a single Border-Gavaskar Trophy edition after Harbahajan Singh, The legendary Indian spinner took 32 wickets in the 2000/01 edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
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