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Bumrah dismissed Usman Khawaja on the last ball of the 11th over of Australia’s first innings in the ongoing pink-ball Test at Adelaide Oval to complete his 50 Test wickets in 2024.
Jasprit Bumrah becomes third Indian pacer to take 50 Test wickets in a calendar year. (Picture Credit: X/@ICC, AP, AFP)
Star Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah joined legendary Kapil Dev and Zaheer Khan in an elite list of Indian fast bowlers on Friday (December 6). The right-arm fast bowler, who is celebrating his 31st birthday on Friday, became the third Indian pacer after Kapil and Zaheer to dismiss 50 Test batters in a calendar year. Bumrah completed 50 dismissals by taking Usman Khawaja’s wicket.
The left-handed opening batter was caught in the slips by Indian captain Rohit Sharma on the last ball of the 11th over of Australia’s first innings.
Kapil was the first Indian pacer to take 50 wickets in a calendar year. He played 17 Tests for India in 1979 and got rid of 74 batters. At that time, it was the record for taking the most wickets in a calendar year in Tests. Kapil improved his tally in 1983 by getting rid of 75 batters in 18 Tests.
Zaheer joined Kapil in the elite list by getting the better of 51 batters in 15 Tests for India in 2002.
The overall record for taking the most wickets in a calendar year by a fast bowler is in the name of former Australian pacer Dennis Lillee. Lillee played 13 Tests for the Baggy Greens in 1981 and picked up 85 wickets.
Apart from Kapil and Zaheer, Anil Kumble (74, 57, 54), Ravichandran Ashwin (72, 62, 56, 54), Harbhajan Singh (63, 63, 60), Ravindra Jadeja (54), Bhagwath Chandrasekhar (52), and Vinoo Mankad (51) have also picked up more than 50 Test wickets in a calendar year for India.
Most Test wickets in a calendar year for India
- Kapil Dev – 75 wickets in 1983
- Kapil Dev – 74 wickets in 1979
- Anil Kumble – 74 wickets in 2004
- Ravichandran Ashwin – 72 wickets in 2016
- Harbhajan Singh – 63 wickets in 2002
- Harbhajan Singh – 63 wickets in 2008
- Ravichandran Ashwin – 62 wickets in 2015
- Harbhajan Singh – 60 wickets in 2001
- Anil Kumble – 57 wickets in 2006
- Ravichandran Ashwin – 56 wickets in 2017
- Ravichandran Ashwin – 54 wickets in 2021
- Ravindra Jadeja – 54 wickets in 2017
- Anil Kumble – 54 wickets in 1999
- Bhagwath Chandrasekhar – 52 wickets in 1976
- Vinoo Mankad – 51 wickets in 1951
- Zaheer Khan – 51 wickets in 2002
- Jasprit Bumrah – 50 wickets in 2024*
Most wickets in a calendar year in Tests
- Shane Warne (Australia) – 96 wickets in 2006
- Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – 90 wickets in 2006
- Dennis Lillee (Australia) – 85 wickets in 1981
- Allan Donald (South Africa) – 80 wickets in 1998
- Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – 80 wickets in 2001
- Joel Garner (West Indies) – 79 wickets in 1984
- Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – 75 wickets in 2000
- Kapil Dev (India) – 75 wickets in 1983
- Dale Steyn (South Africa) – 74 wickets in 2008
- Kapil Dev (India) – 74 wickets in 1979
- Anil Kumble (India) – 74 wickets in 2004
The record of taking most wickets in a calendar year is in the name of former Australian spinner Shane Warne. In the year 2005, Warne played 15 Tests for the Baggy Greens and picked up 96 wickets.
