Most Test Wicket for India in Overseas :Bumrah Breakes Kapil Record

Indian men’s cricket team vice-captain and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah set a new record by taking the wicket of Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne at Brisbane in the second innings of the third Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy on 18 December 2024. This was Bumrah's 52nd Test wicket in Australia, and he broke the record of Kapil Dev’s 51 wickets in Australia.

In the Brisbane Test, Bumarah finished the match with a figure of 9-94. In the first inning, he took 6-76, and his figure was 3-18 in the second inning. Australia declared its second innings at 89-7, and the match ended in a draw.

Third fastest bowler to 50 wickets in Australia.

At the end of the Brisbane test, Jasprit Bumrah has taken 53 wickets in Australia in 10 Test matches at an average of 17.15. No visiting bowler has more wickets at a better average in Australia in the history of Test cricket.

Jasprit Bumrah is also the third-fastest bowler to take 50 wickets in Australia. 

Brett Lee of Australia holds the record for taking 50 wickets in 2061 balls (11 Test matches), and Richard Hadlee of New Zealand took 2117 balls in 9 Test matches to take 50 wickets in Australia.

Bumrah bowled 2141 deliveries in 10 Test matches to take 50 wickets in Australia. 

Most wickets by Indians in a Single Overseas Nation

Before Bumrah's feat in Brisbane, Kapil Dev and Ishant Sharma held the record for most wickets outside India in a single country. 

Kapil Dev had taken 51 wickets in Australia in 11 Test matches, and Ishant Sharma 51 wickets in England in 15 Test matches.

Jasprit Bumrah, Kapil Dev and Ishant Sharma are the only three bowlers who have taken 50 or more wickets outside India in a single country.

Anil Kumble has taken 49 wickets in Australia in 10 Test matches.

Also, read Jasprit Bumrah, the 10th Indian player to take 400 International wickets. 

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