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Bumrah, who has dismissed 49 batters in 10 Tests played so far in 2024, needs one more wicket to become second Indian pacer after Zaheer Khan to get rid of 50 Test batters in a calendar year.
Jasprit Bumrah needs one wicket to complete 50 Test dismissals in 2024. (Picture Credit: X/@BCCI and AFP)
World No. 1 Test bowler Jasprit Bumrah was on fire for India in the first Test of the ongoing five-match series played against Australia at Optus Stadium in Perth last month. The 30-year-old fast bowler picked up five wickets in the first innings and accounted for the dismissal of three Aussie batters in the second. For his super show with the ball, Bumrah won Player of the Match in Perth. The right-arm pacer, who has 181 wickets to his name in 41 Tests played so far, would like to maintain his red-hot form in the second Test of the 2024-25 edition of Border-Gavaskar Trophy as well and come up with a big show for India at the Adelaide Oval.
During the second Test between India and Australia, which is set to start on Friday (December 6), Bumrah will have a chance to join legendary Zaheer Khan in an elite list. Bumrah, who has picked up 49 wickets in 10 Tests played so far in 2024, needs one more wicket to complete a half-century of Test dismissals in 2024 and if the manages to do so then he will also become the second Indian fast bowler after Zaheer to take more than 50 Test wickets in a calendar year.
Zaheer, who finished his Test career with 311 wickets in 92 Tests for India, dismissed 51 batters in 15 Tests played in 2002.
The overall record of dismissing most batters for India in Tests in a calendar year is in the name of Kapil Dev. The former all-rounder accounted for the dismissal of 75 batters in 18 Tests played in 1983. Dev also occupies the No. 2 position with 74 wickets to his name in 17 Tests played in 1979.
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
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 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.
