Currently, Team India is in England for Sachin Tendulkar- Anderson Trophy. A series of 5 Test matches is to be played under the trophy. The first match is on 20 June. India’s star Jasprit Bumrah will play only 3 Tests of the series, but on this tour he can prove to be the biggest headache for the hosts England team.
His performance in England is such that the British batsmen will sleep. He took 5 wickets in his first match there 7 years ago.
Jasprit Bumrah is the third of the Indian bowlers who took the most Test wickets in England. He has played 9 Test matches in England so far, with 37 wickets in 17 innings at an average of 26.27. His best performance in his innings there is 5 wickets for 64 runs. Talking about his best performance in a Test match in England, he took 9 wickets for 110 runs in both innings of one Test.
There are only 2 Indian bowlers who have taken more Test wickets in England than Bumrah. Ishant Sharma is at the top with 48 Test wickets and the great all -rounder Kapil Dev is at number two with 43 wickets.
Bumrah is very happy to play in England. The match played at Trent Bridge in 2018 was his first Test in England and he took 5 wickets in an innings in his first match. India won that Test match.
At the same time, the first Test match between the two countries was also played at Trent Bridge in the 2021 tour and Bumrah also took 5 wickets in the innings. The second match of that tour was held at Lord’s. In that match, Bumrah also showed Jauhar with the bat. He played an unbeaten innings of 89 runs for the last wicket with Shami. India won a memorable victory in that Test.
