IND vs AUS: Even great bowlers pale in front of Jasprit Bumrah, in this case McGrath and Akhtar are also left behind.

MN news November 23, 2024

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Jasprit Bumrah became the fast bowler with the best average of the 21st century.

Ever since Jasprit Bumrah made his debut in international cricket, he has been continuously becoming a big headache for the batsmen of the opposition team. Bumrah is counted among those bowlers who do not care much about the conditions, but if the pitch helps even a little then it becomes even more difficult to face Bumrah. An example of this was seen on the first day of the first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 being played between India and Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth, when Team India was limited to a score of only 150 in its first innings. At the end of the game, Australia had also lost 7 wickets in their first innings till the score of 67. Bumrah has taken a total of 4 wickets so far including Smith and Khawaja. At the same time, he has left behind many great fast bowlers in a special list.

Bumrah became the fast bowler with the best average in the 21st century

In the current century, we have seen many excellent fast bowlers in cricket, who have stunned the batsmen with their balls. One name included in this is that of Jasprit Bumrah, who is gradually being included in the list of great fast bowlers. Bumrah is the bowler with the best bowling average so far among the fast bowlers who have taken more than 100 wickets in the 21st century. Bumrah has so far taken 177 wickets in 41 Test matches, in which his average has been 20.20. After this, the name of the great Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath is included in this list, who has played a total of 58 Test matches in the 21st century and has taken 258 wickets. He has taken wickets at an average of 21.28.