ENG vs IND: By taking 5 wickets in Leeds Test, Jasprit Bumrah equaled this big record of Kapil Dev

Let us tell you in detail about this special record of Bumrah

On the third day of the first Test match being played between England and India at Headingley ground in Leeds, experienced Indian team fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah has taken five wickets. This was Bumrah’s 12th five-wicket haul in his Test career outside home.

After taking these five wickets, Bumrah has equaled a special record of former world champion Indian captain and legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev. Let us give you detailed information about this special record of Bumrah:

Jaspreet Bumrah equaled this special record of Kapil Dev

Let us tell you that this was Jaspreet Bumrah’s 12th five-wicket haul in Test career outside home. In the match, Bumrah took the wickets of Jack Crowley, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Chris Woakes and Josh Tongue.

With this, Bumrah has now equalled Kapil Dev in terms of taking the most five-wicket hauls outside home. Before Bumrah, Kapil had taken five-wicket hauls 12 times in 66 matches outside home, but Bumrah has achieved this feat in just 34 Test matches.

Most five-wicket hauls for India in Test matches outside home

12 – Jasprit Bumrah 34 matches

12 – Kapil Dev 66 matches

9 – Ishant Sharma 63 matches

8 – Zaheer Khan 54 matches

7 – Irfan Pathan 15 matches

England scored 465 runs in the first innings

On the other hand, if we give you information about this Test match going on in Leeds, then in response to India’s 471 runs in the first innings, England has scored a total of 465 runs in the first innings. For England, Ollie Pope played a century of 106 runs, while Harry Brook (99) fell just 1 run short of scoring a century. Also, Joe Root contributed 28, Ben Duckett 62, Ben Stokes 20 and Jamie Smith 40 runs.