Bumrah surpasses Kapil Dev, becomes quickest Indian pacer to 150 Test wickets

IND vs ENG: By scalping Ben Stokes in the second test of the ongoing series between India and England, Jasprit Bumrah overcame Kapil Dev to achieve this record.

Incidentally, Bumrah is the second fastest to reach this target among Asian pace bowlers. Only Pakistan’s Waqar Younis needed fewer Tests (27) while achieving it on 10 February 1994.  | Photo Credit: K. R. Deepak

Bumrah quickest Indian to 150 Test wickets

 

 

34 The number of Test matches Jasprit Bumrah needed to claim his 150th Test wicket (victim: Ben Stokes) in the first innings of the Visakhapatnam Test on 3 February 2024. He is now the quickest among Indian pacers to reach this milestone. Among Indians, only R. Ashwin (29 Tests in November 2015) and Ravindra Jadeja (32 Tests in August 2017) — both spin bowlers — have done it quicker. For the record, Kapil Dev (39 Tests in June 1982) and Javagal Srinath (40 Tests in October 1999), previously, were the two quickest among Indian pace bowlers. Incidentally, Bumrah is the second fastest to reach this target among Asian pace bowlers. Only Pakistan’s Waqar Younis needed fewer Tests (27) while achieving it on 10 February 1994. 

Quickest to reach 150 Test wickets among Asian pace bowlers

Tests	Bowler	For	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Ave.	S/R	Achieved on
27	Waqar Younis	Pak	5461	2792	152	18.37	35.93	10 Feb 1994
34	Jasprit Bumrah	Ind	6802	3084	152	20.29	44.75	3 Feb 2024
37	Imran Khan	Pak	9386	4139	152	27.23	61.75	23 Mar 1982
37	Shoaib Akhtar	Pak	6624	3717	150	24.78	44.16	16 Nov 2005
39	Kapil Dev	Ind	8593	4306	152	28.33	56.53	10 Jun 1982

Notes:

* Among pacers, Waqar is second quickest behind Englishman Sydney Barnes (24 Tests in December 1913)

* Bumrah is the 17th Indian bowler to reach 150 Test wickets and the seventh Indian pacer.

 

2578 The number of Test runs for Joe Root against India. His tally of runs is now the most by any opponent batter against India. He went past the previous record tally of 2555 runs by Ricky Ponting during the second innings of the Hyderabad Test match. Root achieved the landmark in 47 innings as compared to the Aussie’s 51. For the record, eight batters have aggregated 2000 or more runs against India in Tests. The others not listed in the table below are West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul (2171), Australians Michael Clarke (2049) and Steve Smith (2042).

Clive Lloyd was the first opponent batter to reach 2000 Test runs against India on 12 November 1983, while Javed Miandad was the quickest to do so in just 35 innings, on 15 November 1989.

Leading run-getters against India in Test cricket

Runs	Batter	For	Mts	Inns	Ave.	HS	100	50	Career span against India
2578	Joe Root	Eng	27	49	58.59	218	9	10	Dec 2012 to Feb 2024
2555	Ricky Ponting	Aus	29	51	54.36	257	8	12	Oct 1996 to Jan 2012
2431	Alastair Cook	Eng	30	54	47.67	294	7	9	Mar 2006 to Sep 2018
2344	Clive Lloyd	WI	28	44	58.60	242*	7	12	Dec 1966 to Dec 1983
2228	Javed Miandad	Pak	28	39	67.52	280*	5	14	Oct 1978 to Dec 1989

 

190 The first-innings lead gained by India in the first Test in Hyderabad is now its second-biggest in a defeat. However, this is its most significant lead gained in a home Test defeat. Previously, India had lost the Chennai (at the Corporation Stadium) Test against Australia by 139 runs after taking the first-innings lead of 65 runs, which means that the Hyderabad Test was the first home defeat for India after taking a first-innings lead of 100 or more runs.

Highest first innings leads for India in lost Test matches

Lead	Team1		Team2	Opponent’s winning margin	Venue	Date
192	Sri Lanka (183 & 367)	beat	India (375 & 112)	63 runs	Galle	15 Aug 2015
190	England (246 & 420)	beat	India (436 & 202)	28 runs	Hyderabad	28 Jan 2024
132	India (416 & 245)	lost to	England (284 & 378/3)	7 wickets	Birmingham	5 Jul 2022
80	Australia (145 & 451)	beat	India (225 & 333)	38 runs	Adelaide	29 Jan 1992
69	Australia (463 & 401/7d)	beat	India (532 & 210)	122 runs	Sydney	6 Jan 2008

Note: Since that Galle defeat, India’s head-to-head match results in Tests against Sri Lanka read: won 8, drawn 2, loss nil.

 

184 The number of wickets claimed by England’s James Anderson across all international formats against India. His wickets tally makes him the opponent bowler with maximum international wickets against India. Before the start of the second Test in Visakhapatnam, Anderson was tied with Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan with 179 wickets. His first wicket of the series, that of Shubman Gill, in the second Test in Visakhapatnam, took him past Murali’s tally, on 2 February 2024.

Most international wickets against India

										Summary of international wickets
Wkts	Bowler	For	Mts	Inns	Balls	Runs	Ave.	S/R		Tests	ODIs	T20Is
184	James Anderson	Eng	69	101	9472	4935	26.82	51.48		144	40	0
179	M. Muralitharan	SL	85	91	10317	5777	32.27	57.64		105	74	—
129	Imran Khan	Pak	52	65	6291	3039	23.55	48.77		94	35	—
125	Nathan Lyon	Aus	35	57	7909	4210	33.68	63.27		121	4	0
111	Brett Lee	Aus	49	59	4680	2983	26.87	42.16		53	55	3

Note: 13 bowlers have claimed 100 or more wickets in international cricket against India.

 

22 Yashasvi Jaiswal’s age when he registered the maiden double ton of his fledgling Test career during his 209 in the second Test match in Visakhapatnam on 3 February 2024. Only three other double centuries involving two Indians (Vinod Kambli twice and Sunil Gavaskar) have been recorded while they were younger than Jaiswal. Incidentally, only three other batters younger than Jaiswal have made 200-plus scores against England. Meanwhile, Jaiswal also became the fourth youngest opener in Test cricket history to register a 200-plus score. Among Indian openers, only Sunil Gavaskar was younger. 

 

India’s youngest Test double-century makers

Age	Batter	Runs	Opp	Venue	Date	Result
21y-35d	Vinod Kambli	224	Eng	Mumbai	22 Feb 1993	Won
21y-55d	Vinod Kambli	227	Zim	Delhi	14 Mar 1993	Won
21y-283d	Sunil Gavaskar	220	WI	Port of Spain	19 Apr 1971	Drawn
22y-37d	Yashasvi Jaiswal	209	Eng	Visakhapatnam	3 Feb 2024	Won
23y-39d	Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi	203*	Eng	Delhi	13 Feb 1964	Drawn

Note: Pataudi and Gavaskar made their 200+ scores in the second innings

 

Youngest to score 200-plus Test scores against England

Age	Batter	Runs	For	Venue	Date	Result
20y-315d	George Headley	223	WI	Kingston	10 Apr 1930
21y-35d	Vinod Kambli	224	Ind	Mumbai	22 Feb 1993	Won
21y-307d	Don Bradman	254	Aus	Lord’s	30 Jun 1930
21y-318d	Don Bradman	334	Aus	Leeds	11 Jul 1930
21y-358d	Don Bradman	232	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1930
22y-37d	Yashasvi Jaiswal	209	Ind	Visakhapatnam	3 Feb 2024	Won

Youngest openers to score 200-plus Test scores

Age	Batter	Runs	For	Opp	Venue	Date	Result
21y-259d	Graeme Smith	200	SAf	Ban	East London	18 Oct 2002	Won
21y-279d	Kraigg Brathwaite	212	WI	Ban	Kingstown	6 Sep 2014	Won
21y-283d	Sunil Gavaskar	220	Ind	WI	Port of Spain	19 Apr 1971	Drawn
22y-37d	Yashasvi Jaiswal	209	Ind	Eng	Visakhapatnam	3 Feb 2024	Won
22y-60d	Len Hutton	364	Eng	Aus	The Oval	22 Aug 1938	Won

 

 

 

5 The number of visiting batters to aggregate 1000 or more Test runs on Indian soil. In the second innings of the Visakhapatnam Test match on 5 February 2024, England’s Joe Root became the latest entrant to join an elite band of visiting players. West Indian Clive Lloyd was the first batter to do so in November 1983, and following him were team-mate Gordon Greenidge (in December 1987), Australian Matthew Hayden (in November 2008) and Englishman Alastair Cook (in November 2016).

1000-plus Test runs on Indian soil by visiting batters

Runs	Batter	For	Mts	Inns	Ave.	HS	100	50	Innings to reach landmark
1359	Clive Lloyd	WI	14	22	75.50	242*	4	5	17
1235	Alastair Cook	Eng	13	26	51.46	190	5	4	18
1042	Gordon Greenidge	WI	14	25	45.30	194	3	4	25
1027	Matthew Hayden	Aus	11	22	51.35	203	2	5	22
1004	Joe Root	Eng	12	24	43.65	218	2	5	24

 

All records are correct and updated until 7 February 2024.