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WATCH: Jasprit Bumrah joins elite list after dismissing Usman Khawaja in Adelaide

Indian cricket star Jasprit Bumrah achieves rare feat after claiming the wicket of Usman Khawaja on the opening day of the second Test in Adelaide

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Indian cricket star Jasprit Bumrah became the third Indian pacer to get 50 Test wickets in a single calendar year. Bumrah, who is celebrating his 31st birthday on Friday got the wicket of Usman Khawaja to achieve this feat. Former Indian skipper Kapil Dev has achieved the feat twice. Kapil got 75 wickets in 1983 and 74 wickets in 1979 to become the only Indian bowler to get 50 Test wickets in a year twice. 

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The last Indian pacer to achieve this feat was Zaheer Khan, who picked 51 wickets in 2002. Team India still has two Test matches to play this year with the third Test match in Brisbane and the fourth Test in Melbourne to close out the year. In the previous game, Bumrah had led the side in Perth and taken 8 wickets which included a fifer. 

Bumrah made his Test debut in 2018 during the tour of South Africa. Since then the right-arm pacer has been a key part of the Indian team across all three formats. The 31-year-old is currently leading India’s bowling unit in Mohammed Shami’s absence. The visiting side came to Adelaide with a 1-0 lead after winning the 1st Test by 295 runs. 

Magical year for Bumrah in Test cricket 

Rohit Sharma-led India began 2024 with a huge win over South Africa at Cape Town. Bumrah picked 8 wickets in the game which includes 6/61 in the 2nd innings of the game. This helped India win the game and tie the series at 1-1 before playing England at home. 

In the 4 games that he played against England, Bumrah picked 19 wickets with a best of 6/45 in Vizag. The 31-year-old then played a key role for India during the T20 World Cup with a match-winning performance in the finals against South Africa. 

During the five Tests played at home against Bangladesh and New Zealand, Bumrah picked 14 wickets. 11 of those wickets came against Bangladesh in the two-match series. In the series against New Zealand, Bumrah picked just 3 wickets from 2 matches before being rested for the final game in Mumbai.  

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