Seam spearhead Jasprit Bumrah equalled spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s document by incomes the joint-highest Check bowling scores ever by an Indian participant on the eve of the Boxing Day Check.
After his 9/94 within the drawn third Check in Brisbane, the quick bowler added 14 score factors to tie Ashwin’s all-time excessive of 904 score factors, solidifying his high spot within the rankings.
When Thursday’s fourth Border-Gavaskar Check match begins on the MCG, Bumrah has a chance to surpass Ashwin’s score factors, which the now-retired off-spinner attained in December 2016.
Josh Hazlewood (852) from Australia and Kagiso Rabada (856) from South Africa are in second and third place, respectively, behind Bumrah.
Australia batter Travis Head rose to fourth place (825 score factors) within the Check Rankings after his excellent performances within the present sequence in opposition to India. Head nonetheless lags behind former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (867) and the English duo Joe Root (895) and Harry Brook (876).
Head smashed a scintillating 152 on the Gabba within the earlier Check to comply with up his century within the second Check at Adelaide.
Steve Smith, a fellow countryman, is as soon as once more within the high 10 after his century on the Gabba. With 424 score factors, India’s Ravindra Jadeja stays the perfect all-round participant on the chart, whereas Australia’s Pat Cummins regained his spot within the high 10 after taking 4 wickets and scoring 42 runs within the third Check at Gabba.
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