Jasprit Bumrah Needs 9 Wickets In Boxing Day Test To Create HISTORY; Will Become First Player In The World To...

After valiantly drawing the third Test at Brisbane, India head into the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy aiming to win the match and take a lead in the series. The star for India in the series has been none other than Jasprit Bumrah, who is the leading wicket-taker with 21 wickets so far. He picked up 9 wickets in the third Test and is on the verge of history as the fourth match, the famous Boxing Day Test, commences from December 26 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Jasprit Bumrah currently has 21 wickets in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023/24. If he takes 9 more wickets in the Boxing Day Test like he did in the third match, then he will have 30 wickets in the series. He will thus become the first pace bowler to take 30 wickets in a single edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Overall, he will become the second player in history to take 30 wickets in a single Border-Gavaskar Trophy edition after Harbahajan Singj, The legendary Indian spinner took 32 wickets in the 2000/01 edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Here are the bowlers with the most number of wickets in a single edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy:

Harbhajan Singh (2000/01)- 32

Ravichandran Ashwin (2012/13)- 29

Ben Hilfenhaus (2011/12)- 27

Anil Kumble (2004/05)- 27

Ravichandran Ashwin (2022/23)-26

Jasprit Bumrah currently has 15 wickets in Melbourne in Tests. If he takes one more wicket he will surpass Anil Kumble to become the Indian with the most number of wickets at the iconic MCG. If he takes 5 wickets in the match, he will become the first Indian player to scalp 20 wickets in the longest format of the game at the venue.

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