IND vs AUS: Even great bowlers pale against Jasprit Bumrah, in this case McGrath and Akhtar also fall behind.

Jasprit Bumrah has been a constant headache for the opposition batsmen ever since he made his debut in international cricket. Bumrah is counted among the bowlers who don’t care much about the conditions, but if the pitch helps even a little, Bumrah becomes more difficult to face. An example of this was seen on the first day of the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 between India and Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth, when Team India was restricted to just 150. At the end of the first innings, Australia had lost 7 wickets for 67 runs in their first innings. Bumrah has so far taken a total of 4 wickets including Smith and Khawaja. At the same time, he has surpassed many great fast bowlers in a special list.

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

In the current century of cricket, we have seen one of the best fast bowlers who have stunned the batsmen with his delivery. One name included in this is that of Jasprit Bumrah, who is gradually joining the list of great fast bowlers. Bumrah is the bowler with the best bowling average of all time among fast bowlers who have taken more than 100 wickets in the 21st century. Bumrah has so far taken 177 wickets in 41 Tests at an average of 20.20, followed by Australia’s legendary fast bowler Glenn McGrath, who has played a total of 58 Tests. 21st century and has taken 258 wickets at an average of 21.28.