2018-19 India Tour of Australia - Third Test @ MCG Day 3 Friday Dec 28,2018 - Australia bundled out for 151 Runs,Jasprit Bumrahpicks up maiden 6/33

Jasprit Bumrah once again showed why he is highly rated by many as one of the best bowlers in the world as he helped India bowl Australia out for 151 on the third day of the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The 25-year-old picked up his maiden six-wicket haul, finishing with six for 33 on the day. Apart from removing Marcus Harris, Shaun Marsh and Travis Head, he also cleaned up the tail within four runs – something India has struggled with in the previous few Tests.

Jasprit Bumrah's 6/33 is the second-best bowling figures for an Indian pace bowler in Australia after Kapil Dev's 8 for 106 at Adelaide in 1985. Bumrah's six-for is his career-best in Tests and second best in his first-class career

 

With this effort, the fast bowler became the first Asian bowler to take a five-for in each South Africa, England and Australia in a same calendar year in Tests

Bumrah also surpassed Dileep Doshi to take the top spot in the list of most wickets taken by an Indian bowler in debut calendar year.
41: Jasprit Bumrah (2018) *
40: Dileep Doshi (1979)
37: Venkatest Prasad (1996)
36 Narendra Hirwani (1988)

45Wickets taken by Bumrah away from home in 2018, the most by an Indian bowler in away Tests in a year. His team-mate Mohammed Shami also features in the list, at a close second, with 43 wickets. Bumrah's 45 wickets is also the most by a bowler from India in their debut year.