The fifth match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia is being played in Sydney. Team India is lagging 2-1 in this series. Now even on the first day of the Sydney Test, Team India had a bad start in batting. Team India was all out for 185 runs on the first day.
While Rohit Sharma is out of the Sydney Test, his fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is captaining. Bumrah’s performance in this series has been excellent and he is also the bowler taking the highest wickets.
Bumrah is close to making a special record
Jasprit Bumrah has performed brilliantly in this series. Bumrah is also the bowler taking the most wickets in this series so far. Till Melbourne Test, Bumrah had taken 30 wickets in this series. By the end of the first day’s play of the Sydney Test, Bumrah had taken one wicket. Bumrah now has 31 wickets in his name in this series. Bumrah is now just 2 wickets away from becoming the Indian bowler with the highest wicket taker in the Border Gavaskar Trophy series.
Name of number one Harbhajan Singh
In this list, the name of former spin bowler of Team India Harbhajan Singh is at number one. Harbhajan took 32 wickets for 545 runs in 178.3 overs during 3 matches of the Border Gavaskar Trophy in 2000/01. During this period, his best bowling performance was 8 wickets for 84 runs.
Now Bumrah is 2 wickets away from breaking this record. Now all eyes are on Bumrah on the second day of the Sydney Test. Apart from this, the name of former spin bowler R Ashwin is at third place in this list, who took 29 wickets in 4 matches in the year 2012/13.
Gill got a chance in place of Rohit
Shubman Gill has been included in the Indian team in place of Rohit for the Sydney Test. The right-handed batsman, who was out of the last match, came to bat at number three while KL Rahul again came to open with Yashasvi Jaiswal. India were forced to make another change to the bowling unit for the match. Fast bowler Akash Deep was not available for selection due to a back injury. He was replaced by Prasidh Krishna who was playing his first match of the series.
