Bumrah completed 200 wickets in Test cricket, the 31-year-old achieved the feat in his 44th long-format match. The top pacer also became the fastest Indian to pick up 200 Test wickets, he achieved it after bowling 8484 balls.
At the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Jasprit Bumrah has the opportunity to break Kapil Dev's long-standing record for the most Test wickets in a calendar year by an Indian bowler. However, achieving this milestone will require a career-best performance from him, according to Wisden.
With the series level at 1-1, both sides will be playing the much-anticipated Boxing Day Test intending to secure an all-important series lead needed to push a case for the ICC World Test Championship final.
A-Lister Jasprit Bumrah further established himself as one of the premium Indian seamers in red-ball cricket after becoming just the third quick to take 50-plus Test wickets in a calendar year.
After becoming the fastest player to reach the 300 Test wickets milestone in terms of balls bowled, the South Africa speedster said that it was a relief for him to achieve the landmark.
South Africa speedster Kagiso Rabada became the fastest to reach the 300 Test wickets milestone in terms of balls bowled during the opening Test against Bangladesh here in Dhaka on Monday.
After the end of Day 2 of the Bengaluru Test at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, the right-arm seamer Matt Henry said that playing a Test match in India is really great.
In his spell of 13.2 overs, he took 5/15 with an economy rate of 1.10, the lowest by a Kiwi bowler in a Test fifer. He got crucial wickets of Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav.
Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya narrowly missed out on becoming the joint-fastest to reach 100 Test wickets, ending three wickets shy of the record during Sri Lanka's emphatic win over New Zealand in the second Test at Galle.