Jasprit Bumrah becomes first-ever player to pick 200 Test wickets with an average below 20

Jasprit Bumrah has entered the record books of Test cricket, becoming the first-ever bowler to reach the 200 Test wickets mark with a lesser bowling average than 20. 

The Indian pacer reached the milestone after dismissing Travis Head for 1 in the second innings during the ongoing Boxing Day Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

200 Test wickets for Jasprit Bumrah 🔥

No one in the history of Test cricket has reached the milestone with a better average than Bumrah’s 19.56! pic.twitter.com/73RXIX3qQC

— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) December 29, 2024

Bumrah has etched his name in history for a bunch of records on the same day during Australia's second innings on day 4 of the Boxing Day Test. 

Jasprit Bumrah becomes the first-ever player to pick 200 test wickets an average below 20

Jasprit Bumrah, who is already leading the race as the highest wicket-taker of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, surpassed the likes of cricket greats such as Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner, and Curtly Ambrose on Sunday.

However, Bumrah has reached the 200-wicket milestone in Test cricket with the best-ever bowling average of 19.56. In fact, of all the bowlers who have 200 wickets or more in Test cricket, Bumrah now has the best bowling average in Test cricket, which is below 20.

Lowest bowling average in Test cricket with a minimum of 200 wickets

Bumrah becomes fourth-fastest to reach 200 Test wickets

Jasprit Bumrah became the fourth-fastest bowler to take 200 Test wickets in terms of balls bowled, joining an elite group with the likes of Waqar Younis and Dale Steyn.

Jasprit Bumrah is the fourth-fastest to 200 Test wickets by balls bowled ⚡ pic.twitter.com/epHL0KV4v2

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) December 29, 2024

He has also crowned himself as the fastest Indian to reach 200 wickets with 8484 legal deliveries, surpassing Mohammed Shami, who reached the same milestone after 9896 deliveries.

Fastest to reach 200 Test wickets (In terms of balls bowled)

Bumrah has entered various pages of all the record books; as he became only the third pacer after Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc to reach 150 wickets in the World Test Championship.

However, Bumrah has ended the day 4 with a figure of 4-56 (24) as Australia is batting on 228/9, leading by 333 runs.