Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is on the verge of scripting a big record for India National Cricket Team going into the fifth and final Test against Australia, starting January 3 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Bumrah has the opportunity of taking most wickets for the sub-continent team in a bilateral Test series. Leg-spinner BS Chandrasekhar picked up 35 wickets from five red-ball matches in England’s tour of India in 1972-73.
Bumrah, who has taken 30 wickets from four Tests so far, is six scalps away from breaking the record. The right-arm seamer needs two wickets to go past Bishan Singh Bedi’s record for most wickets for Team India in a bilateral Test series overseas.
If Bumrah adds three more wickets to his tally he will break Kapil Dev’s record for most wickets by an Indian speedster in a bilateral Test series. In 1979-80 against Pakistan, Kapil dismissed 32 batters in six Tests.
Most wickets by an Indian bowler in a bilateral Test series
BS Chandrasekhar – 35 wickets from 5 Tests vs England in 1972-73
Vinoo Mankad – 34 wickets from 5 Tests vs England in 1951-52
Subhash Gupte – 34 wickets from 5 Tests vs New Zealand in 1955-56
Kapil Dev – 32 wickets from 6 Tests vs Pakistan in 1979-80
Harbhajan Singh – 32 wickets from 3 Tests vs Australia in 2000-01
Ravichandran Ashwin – 32 wickets from 4 Tests vs England in 2020-21
Bishan Singh Bedi – 31 wickets from 5 Tests vs Australia in 1977-78
Ravichandran Ashwin – 31 wickets from 4 Tests vs South Africa in 2015-16
Jasprit Bumrah – 30 wickets from 4 Tests vs Australia in 2024-25
India started the Test series with a 295-run win at the Optus Stadium in Perth. Australia defeated India by 10 wickets at the Adelaide Test. The Gabba Test was drawn while Australia won the fourth Test by 184 runs in the Boxing Day Test.