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Cummins has 200 wickets to his name in his 47 World Test Championship (WTC) matches for Australia.
Pat Cummins becomes first bowler to take 200 wickets in WTC. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Star Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins created history on Sunday, January 5, by becoming the first bowler in the world to take 200 wickets in the World Test Championship. The 31-year-old pacer, who led the Aussies to the WTC title win in 2023 by getting the better of India in the final played at The Oval, achieved the feat by dismissing Washington Sundar during India’s second innings of the ongoing fifth Test at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Sundar, who made his Test debut for India in January 2021, could only manage to score 12 runs from 43 balls. He was clean bowled by Cummins on the fourth ball of 39th over.
In the list of bowlers with the most wickets in WTC, Cummins is followed by countryman Nathan Lyon (196 wickets) and former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (195 wickets).
Most wickets in WTC
- Pat Cummins (Australia) – 200*
- Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 196
- Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 195
- Mitchell Starc (Australia) – 165
- Jasprit Bumrah (India) – 156
Cummins, who is Australia’s leading wicket-taker in the ongoing five-match Test series against India, has 73 wickets to his name in 17 matches played so far in the 2023-25 edition of WTC. In the list of bowlers with the most wickets in a single edition of WTC, Cummins sits at No. 3 position.
Lyon (88 wickets in 2021-2023) and Jasprit Bumrah (77 wickets in 2023-25) are the only two players who have managed to take more wickets in one edition of WTC than him.
Most wickets in a single edition of WTC
- Nathan Lyon – 88 (2021-23)
- Jasprit Bumrah – 77 (2023-25)
- Pat Cummins – 73* (2023-25)
- Ravichandran Ashwin – 71 (2019-21)
- Pat Cummins – 70 (2019-21)
Cummins accounted for the dismissal of two Indian batters—Washington Sundar and Jasprit Bumrah—in the first innings, and in India’s second innings, he opened his wicket account on Saturday by dismissing Rishabh Pant. Pant, who hammered 61 runs from 33 balls with the help of six fours and four sixes, was caught behind by Alex Carey on the second ball of the 23rd over.
The Australian Test captain gave his side a perfect start on Sunday morning by removing Ravindra Jadeja for 13 runs from 45 balls in his second over of the day. Jadeja was also caught behind by Carey.
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Sydney, Australia
