Bumrah 5 Wickets Away From Joining Ashwin; To Become 1st Indian Pacer To Achieve This Feat

Jasprit Bumrah [Source: @LoyalSachinFan/x.com]

India is taking on New Zealand in the second Test of the three-match series at the MCA cricket stadium in Pune. India will aim to win this game to keep the series alive until the last match. 

While India aims for a comeback in this game, New Zealand will be looking to end the series in this match. Jasprit Bumrah will be one of the main cogs for the Indian team to script a comeback in the series. The ace Indian pacer was the destructor in chief in the previous series against Bangladesh. He continued his form in the first match against New Zealand, where he looked like the most potent bowler of the Indian attack.

Jasprit Bumrah To Join Ashwin In An Elite List

While Bumrah will be looking to make life difficult for the Kiwi batters in the match, he will also be eyeing a unique feat with the game. Jasprit Bumrah has picked up 45 wickets from nine matches in the WTC 2023-25 cycle. He is just five wickets away from becoming the second Indian bowler to take more than 50 wickets in a single World Test Championship cycle. 

Table - Most wickets by Indians in a WTC edition

Ravichandran Ashwin has picked up over 50 wickets thrice in a single WTC edition. He is the only bowler to have achieved this feat. 

If and when Bumrah achieves this feat, he will be the 11th bowler and ninth pacer to pick up more than 50 wickets in a single edition of WTC.

---

ALSO READ

Ravichandran Ashwin Traps Tom Latham With A Chess Move In The 2nd Test At Pune

---