The Indian team achieved a feat at the Optus Stadium in Perth that no visiting team had been able to do at the ground before, with Jasprit Bumrah captaining the team India defeating the hosts Australia by 295 runs at this stadium, the first team. In this match, the dominance of the Indian team was seen from the first day in which they did not even once give a chance to the Australian team to come back with the bat or the ball. In this match for Team India, where Yashshwi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli played an important role with the bat with century innings, captain Jasprit Bumrah was dominant with the ball as he took a total of 8 wickets to his name, while Bumrah was also in the process of achieving this feat. was successful which has made him a part of Sachin Tendulkar’s special club.
Third Indian player to win 2 or more Man of the Match awards in Australia in the 21st century
Jasprit Bumrah was also awarded the Player of the Match for his excellent performance with the ball in the match at the Optus Stadium in Perth, becoming the third Indian player to win 2 or more Player of the Match awards in the 21st century. He has become an award-winning player in match awards Australia. Before this, Sachin Tendulkar and Cheteshwar Pujara have won the player of the match award twice in Australia. Bumrah’s second player of the match award is also in Australia. Apart from this, former England captain Alastair Cook is number 1 in terms of winning the most player of the match awards as a guest player in Australia in the 21st century, in which he won the overall player of the match award in Australia. There are three times.
Guest players who have won 2 or more player of the match awards in Australia this century
Alastair Cook – 3
Chris Gayle – 2
Sachin Tendulkar – 2
Cheteshwar Pujara – 2
Jasprit Bumrah – 2
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