Jasprit Bumrah has become the fastest Indian pace bowler to get 100 wickets in Test cricket on the fifth and final day of the fourth Test against England at the Oval. He reached the landmark in his 24th game by breaching the defence of England’s number five Ollie Pope in the afternoon session.
Till Pope’s wicket, he has taken his wickets at an outrageously economical average of 22.95 and strike rate of 51.53 balls per wicket.
He went on to pick another wicket of Jonny Bairstow in the same spell with an absolute beauty that hit the base of his stumps.
Bumrah has been India’s talisman with the ball since the time he made his debut in the longest format in 2011718 against South Africa. He has leapt his way up in the pecking order for the Virat Kohli-led side over the past three years.