Home Statsman Bumrah matches the greats Jasprit Bumrah now has the second best figures by an Asian pace bowler in the Caribbean and has joined Waqar Younis in bagging the most wickets by an Asian pace bowler after playing 12 Tests. Mohandas Menon 17 September, 2019 22:55 IST Breaking records: Bumrah has the most wickets by an Asian pace bowler after playing 12 Tests. AFP - Ricardo Mazalan Mohandas Menon 17 September, 2019 22:55 IST 6The number of wickets claimed by Jasprit Bumrah in the first innings of the Kingston Test match against the West Indies are now the second best by a pace bowler from Asia in the Caribbean after the seven by Pakistan’s Imran Khan.Best Test bowling figures by an Asian pace bowler in the CaribbeanBowling figuresBowlerForVenueMonth/yearResult7/80Imran KhanPakistanGeorgetownApril 1988Won6/27Jasprit BumrahIndiaKingstonAugust 2019Won6/44Mohammad AmirPakistanKingstonApril 2017Won6/55Ishant SharmaIndiaBridgetownJune 2011Drawn6/61Wasim AkramPakistanSt. John’sMay 2000Lost50The number of dismissals (catches and stumpings) claimed by Rishabh Pant as a wicketkeeper in Test matches. In doing so in just 11 matches during the Kingston Test, he is now the joint second quickest in the world and the quickest Asian to achieve this feat.Wicketkeepers to reach 50 Test dismissals in least number of TestsMatchesInningsWicketkeeperForDismissalsCatchesStumpingsAchieved againstVenueAchieved on1017Mark BoucherSouth Africa50482EnglandNottinghamJuly 27, 199810+18Jonny BairstowEngland52511Sri LankaLord’sJune 13, 20161019Tim PaineAustralia50482South AfricaDurbanMarch 5, 20181121Adam GilchristAustralia50464West IndiesPerthDecember 3, 20001122Rishabh PantIndia53512West IndiesKingstonSeptember 2, 2019+ Bairstow’s tally only includes dismissals while keeping wickets. Else he reached the landmark in his 27th Test match.Wicketkeepers from Asia to reach 50 Test dismissals in least number of Tests MatchesInningsWicketkeeperForDismissalsCatchesStumpingsAchieved againstVenueAchieved on1122Rishabh PantIndia53512West IndiesKingstonSeptember 2, 20191426Kamran AkmalPakistan534112West IndiesBridgetownMay 29, 20051427Adnan AkmalPakistan52448Sri LankaGalleJune 25, 20121524Salim YousufPakistan51465EnglandBirminghamJuly 28, 19871527M. S. DhoniIndia50419South AfricaDurbanDecember 30, 200615+27Niroshan DickwellaSri Lanka503812BangladeshChittagongFebruary 4, 2018+ Dickwella’s tally only includes dismissals while keeping wickets. Else he reached the landmark in his 16th Test match.125The number of innings needed by Ishant Sharma to register his maiden Test fifty (at Kingston). Only England’s James Anderson has taken longer.InningsMatchesBatsmanForPrevious highest scoreMaiden fiftyAgainstVenueMonth/yearResult13094James AndersonEngland3481IndiaNottinghamJuly 2014Drawn12591Ishant SharmaIndia31*57West IndiesKingstonAugust 2019Won114101Glenn McGrathAustralia3961New ZealandBrisbaneNovember 2004Won8464Muttiah MuralitharanSri Lanka3967IndiaKandyAugust 2001Lost7658Jason GillespieAustralia48*54*New ZealandBrisbaneNovember 2004Won7046Bishan Singh BediIndia3650*New ZealandKanpurNovember 1976WonNote: Gillespie later managed another fifty as well as a double century. McGrath is the only one to score his maiden fifty after playing more than 100 Test matches.62The number of wickets claimed by Jasprit Bumrah in his first 12 Test matches, equalling Pakistani Waqar Younis' feat. This is the most wickets by an Asian pace bowler after playing 12 Tests.Most wickets by an Asian pace bowler after 12 Test matchesWicketsBowlerForBallsMaidensRunsAverageStrike rateFive wickets in an inningsTen wickets in a matchBest figuresSpan62Waqar YounisPakistan2,521871,19919.3440.66627/761989-9162Jasprit BumrahIndia2,7111101,19319.2443.73506/272018-1961Mohammad AbbasPakistan2,5921291,01416.6242.49415/332017-1859Mohammad AsifPakistan2,6571031,33122.5645.03416/442005-0954Umar GulPakistan2,655661,60429.7049.17305/312003-0652Khan MohammadPakistan2,9951451,19422.9657.60406/211952-5851Shabbir AhmedPakistan2,576971,17523.0450.51205/482003-05Note: Shabbir Ahmed appeared in only 10 Test matches.Queries CornerIn the Manchester Test match, Joe Root scored 71 in the first innings, but was dismissed for a first-ball duck in the second. How often has this occurred to a batsman in Test matches? – V. George, Kottayam.A1. There are several such instances. In fact, Root is the sixth English captain who has had the misfortune of making a 50-plus score and then being dismissed for a first-ball duck in the second innings. The other five are Archie MacLaren in 1888, Walter Hammond in 1938, Ray Illingworth in 1969, Mike Gatting in 1986 and Alastair Cook in 2013. Gatting is the only England captain to register a century and a first-ball duck in the same Test match.How many Indians have managed to score a century and a fifty in the same Test match while batting at No. 6? – S. Rajan, Nagpur.A2. Hanuma Vihari (111 and 53 not out) in the recent Kingston Test match became the fifth Indian batsman to do so, after Polly Umrigar (56 and 172 not out) at Kingston in 1961-62, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (64 and 148) at Leeds in 1967, M. L. Jaisimha (74 and 101) at Brisbane in 1967-68 and Sachin Tendulkar (68 and 119 not out) at Manchester in 1990. Interestingly, no Indian has managed this in a home Test.How many ducks does Virat Kohli have in Tests? How many as captain? I think he has two or three first-ball ducks in Tests. Could you kindly list all his golden ducks? – Ajay Jha, Patna.Virat Kohli has nine Test ducks. His first came at Bridgetown in June 2011. He has five ducks as Test captain. The summary of his ducks are: four first-ball ducks, three two-ball ducks, one four-ball duck and one 11-ball duck.TABLE FNote: All figures above are updated as on September 14, 2019. Support Sportstar Dear Reader, Support our journalism — where text and pictures intermingle so seamlessly — and help us scale up your experience as the world changes around us. Your contribution is vital to our brand of uninfluenced, boots-on-the-ground reportage that’s worth your while. Clickbait sensationalism is not for us, but editorial independence is — we owe it to you. Support Quality Journalism Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address.