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.

Breaking records: Bumrah has the most wickets by an Asian pace bowler after playing 12 Tests. AFP

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 Caribbean

50The 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 Tests

+ 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

+ 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.

Note: 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 matches

Note: Shabbir Ahmed appeared in only 10 Test matches.

Note: All figures above are updated as on September 14, 2019.