Jasprit Bumrah completed his 400 International wickets in the ongoing IND vs BAN 1st Test and became the sixth Indian pacer to do so. On Friday, MA Chidambaram Stadium became the witness, when Bumrah scalped three wickets and achieved this feat.
For his first wicket, Jasprit scalped Shadman Islam (2 off 6 balls) by knocking over his stumps. The second wicket was Mushfiqur Rahman who scored 8 off 14 balls before getting caught by KL Rahul on Bumrah’s ball. At last, it was Hasan Mahmud’s (9 off 22 balls) wicket clinically taken by Bumrah as Virat Kohli took his catch in the slips.
The Indian seamer became the sixth bowler to complete 400 wickets. Here is the list of top Indian bowlers with 400-plus wickets including Tests+ODIs+T20Is.
- Kapil Dev – 687 wickets (448 innings)
- Zaheer Khan – 597 wickets (373 innings)
- Javagal Srinath – 551 wickets (348 innings)
- Mohammed Shami – 448 wickets (245 innings)
- Ishant Sharma – 434 wickets (280 innings)
- Jasprit Bumrah – 400 wickets (227 innings)
So far Jasprit Bumrah has taken 162 wickets in Test, 149 in ODI, and 89 in T20I cricket format. Currently, India and Bangladesh are playing their first test match on day 2 at MA Chidambaram Stadium. India posted 376 on day 1 while Bangladesh was struggling with 132 for 9 wickets after the Indian bowlers smashed their performance in Chennai.