Bumrah joins an elite club

India's bowling spearhead is now the fastest pacer and joint third fastest bowler overall from the country to reach 50 wickets.

Jasprit Bumrah required the fewest balls among Indian bowlers to reach 50 wickets in Test cricket.

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The number of Tests Jasprit Bumrah needed to claim his 50th Test wicket. He reached the landmark in the first Test against the West Indies at North Sound on August 23. He is now the third quickest Indian bowler (shared with two others) to claim 50 wickets in terms of number of Tests. However, Bumrah’s effort is by far the quickest by any Indian pace bowler. Bumrah needed 2,524 balls to claim his 50th Test wicket. This, from the data available, is the quickest in terms of balls delivered by an Indian bowler to reach 50 Test wickets.

Fewest matches to claim 50 Test wickets by Indian bowlers

 

Fewest matches to claim 50 Test wickets by Indian pace bowlers

 

Fewest deliveries to reach 50 Test wickets by Indian bowlers

Note: The numbers of balls and wickets mentioned above are the tallies at the end of the innings.

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The number of Indian bowlers who have the distinction of claiming a five-wicket haul in a spell of less than 10 overs. Bumrah is the latest entrant to this elite list.

Indian bowlers with a five-wicket haul in less than 10 overs

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The number of Asian bowlers to claim a five-plus wicket haul while conceding less than 10 runs in a Test innings. Jasprit Bumrah at North Sound in Antigua became the first Asian to do so. Overall in Test cricket, only 11 bowlers have achieved this rare feat.

Five-plus wicket hauls by bowlers while conceding less than 10 runs in a Test innings

* Eight-ball overs; # was captain; @ occurred twice for South Africa in same series

2

The number of West Indian batsmen dismissed caught and bowled by Ishant Sharma in the first innings of the Test match at North Sound. He thus became the 11th Indian bowler (for the 12th time) and only the second pace bowler to claim two caught and bowled dismissals in the same Test innings for India. Munaf Patel against England at Mohali in March 2006 is the only other Indian pacer to do so. Ishant Sharma is the only fifth Indian to do so in an away Test match.

Two caught and bowled dismissals in the same Test innings by an Indian bowler in away matches

 

Note: All figures above are updated as on August 31, 2019.