IND vs AUS / Bumrah will score a double century in Australia, Kapil Dev's great record will be broken

IND vs AUS: The Boxing Day Test match is going on in Melbourne between India and Australia under the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. In this match which started on 26 December, Australia dominated the first two days. In their first innings, the host team scored a huge score of 471 runs. Taking charge of the Indian bowling, Jasprit Bumrah performed brilliantly and took four important wickets. Along with him, Ravindra Jadeja took three, Akash Deep took two, and Washington Sundar took one wicket.

Bumrah's tremendous form

Jasprit Bumrah is impressing everyone with his deadly bowling in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In the current series, he is the most successful bowler so far with 25 wickets in 7 innings. There is no bowler even close to him. Bumrah's sharp bowling in the Perth Test gave India a spectacular victory. However, Team India had to face defeat in the Adelaide Test and the third Test in Brisbane was drawn. Now all eyes are on the fourth Test, where Bumrah is once again the hope of Team India.

Struggle of Indian batsmen, Bumrah's strength

After the Perth Test, the struggle of Indian batting continues. In response to Australia's first innings score of 471 runs in the Melbourne Test, India has lost five wickets for 164 runs till the second day. In this difficult time of batting, Jasprit Bumrah's bowling has kept the Indian team in the competition. Bumrah is in his rhythm and is raising hopes in the Indian camp by taking wickets continuously.

Bumrah close to the great record

The Melbourne Test can prove to be historic for Bumrah. He is close to touching the figure of 200 Test wickets in his 44th Test. So far he has taken 198 wickets. If he achieves this feat in the Melbourne Test, he will break Kapil Dev's record. Kapil Dev had completed 200 wickets in 50 Test matches.

Fastest to take 200 wickets among Indian fast bowlers:

Kapil Dev - 50 Tests

Javagal Srinath - 54 Tests

Mohammed Shami - 55 Tests

The Melbourne Test is a special occasion for Bumrah. His performance is also giving a new lease of life to the Indian team, and he is ready to play an important role in the upcoming matches.

Conclusion

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 has challenging conditions for the Indian team, but Jasprit Bumrah's performance remains the strength of the team. His brilliant bowling is not only bringing them closer to records, but is also helping the team to remain competitive in every match. Now it remains to be seen how Bumrah takes this rhythm forward and what result the Indian team gets in the Melbourne Test.