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With his dismissal of Head, Bumrah reached 200 Test wickets, becoming the fourth-fastest (in deliveries) to reach the milestone.
Jasprit Bumrah celebrates after dismissing Travis Head (X)
It’s Jasprit ‘Boom Boom’ Bumrah, who has yet again taken the match by the scruff of the neck, to dismiss Australia’s Travis Head and pile the pressure on the hosts on Day 4 of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne on Sunday.
After India were bundled out for 369 early in the day, allowing AUS to hold on to a 105-run lead, the hosts seemed to be in fine position to capitalize on the lead and work their way towards setting the Indians a strong target.
But, all hopes fell victim to the vicious pace attack of Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, who started to wreck havoc upon the Australian batting lineup, as they lost 3 wickets for 80 runs.
With dangerman Travis Head taking to the field, it was Bumrah who struck him with a delectable bouncer, to edge one off onto Nitish Reddy for an easy catch, and remove the leftie from the crease for just 1 run.
Bumrah followed it up in the same over, with yet another nipping pearler to rattle Mitchell Marsh with another bouncer. Later, he went on to remove Alex Carey by castling him for a duck, as Bumrah scalped his fourth wicket of the innings.
With his dismissal of Head, Bumrah reached 200 Test wickets, becoming the fourth-fastest (in deliveries) to reach the milestone.
The ace pacer had already also achieved the milestone of scalping 150 wickets in the WTC, becoming just the fifth bowler to achieve the feat.
Australia seemingly have no answers for India, and stand at a precarious 91-6, with the visitors looking to dismantle the hosts as early as possible.
