Bumrah recently took nine-wickets, including a six-wicket haul during the second Test against England at Visakhapatnam. He also completed his 150 Test wickets during the match and is racing towards the 400 wicket mark in international cricket, just 22 more scalps away from it. He also became
ICC issued the latest Test rankings on Wednesday which saw Bumrah rise to the summit of the ranking after he registered figures of 9/91 across both innings during India's series-levelling victory in the second Test at Vizag.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah congratulated speedster Jasprit Bumrah on becoming the number one ICC Men's Test Bowler on Wednesday.
India pacer Jasprit Bumrah dethroned his compatriot Ravichandran Ashwin to take the No.1 spot on the latest ICC Men's Test Bowler rankings and became the first Indian pacer to do so.
India levelled the five-match series 1-1 following a 106 run win over England in the second Test and Jaiswal's 209 in the first innings and Bumrah's nine wickets in the match, including a six-wicket haul in the first innings were the highlights of the game.
Though England tried to go all guns blazing against India with their 'Bazball' school of cricket, playing a more positive, attacking and result-oriented cricket, it had to bow down to the greatness of pacer Jasprit Bumrah and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
India levelled the five-match series 1-1, beating England by 106 runs in the second Test. One of the three key players aside from batters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill who tormented England was Bumrah, who took a total of nine wickets, including a six-wicket haul in the match.
Former England skipper Nasser Hussain Hussain believes that India's win in the second Test over England has set up the rest of the series perfectly and expects the hosts to come back "even harder."
England skipper Ben Stokes questioned the Decision Review System (DRS) over Zak Crawley's dismissal against India in the second Test match on Monday and said that "technology has gone wrong on this occasion".
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah on Monday congratulated Team India for sealing a 106-run win over England in the second Test match in Visakhapatnam