How Jasprit Bumrah is preserving India’s hope alive within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25

“I’m only believe on Jassi bhai because of the Game Changer player he is”, these are the words that came out from Mohammed Siraj after winning the historic T20 World Cup title in South Africa, where Jasprit Bumrah saved India in the final overs. It’s just not about that particular tournament, but Bumrah has been India’s saviour for the past few years, just like every tournament, similar thing happened in the IND vs AUS Test series, aka the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, where Jasprit Bumrah saved the team again with breakthoughs. So far, till the fourth Test, he has taken a total of 29 wickets to save India. Let’s know how Jasprit Bumrah’s heroics saved India in a crucial time.

Bumrah’s spell saves India on day 4 at MCG

Australia looked like they were settling in nicely during the 4th Test at Melbourne. With Marnus Labuschagne steady at the crease, they began to regain their footing despite early setbacks. But just as things seemed to be leveling out, Jasprit Bumrah stepped in with a magical spell that turned everything on its head.

Bumrah tore through the Australian middle order, taking out Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, and Alex Carey in quick succession. This spell left the Aussies reeling. It started with Head falling to a cleverly placed back-of-a-length delivery. Marsh followed soon after, feathering a catch to Pant. Lastly, Carey was clean-bowled by an inswinger who snuck through his defence. Bumrah’s spell not only shifted the game dramatically in India’s favour but also highlighted his prowess as a key matchwinner for the team.

Breaking the opening partnerships in every innings

In the series so far, Jasprit Bumrah is the one who got the early breakthroughs for India. The pacer dismantled the opening partnership in every inning. Either he has got both the openers out or at least gets one out. This ability of Jasprit Bumrah saved India from suffering against huge scores initially, also giving confidence to the fellow bowlers like Siraj and Akash Deep. 

29 wickets already for India

Jasprit Bumrah has already scalped 29 wickets for India so far. This is the second-best figure by any Indian bowler in Australia in a single series. Bumrah has become the spine of not just the Indian pace attack but overall bowling attack, showing why India needs him more than Virat Kohli at this point.

Indian bowlers with most wickets in a single series in Australia