Top 3 performances of Jasprit Bumrah in Tests

Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will celebrate his 32nd birthday on December 6, 2025. He was born in 1993 in Ahmedabad and was raised by his mother after his father passed away when Jasprit was 5.

He made his Test debut against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town on January 5, 2018, taking AB de Villiers’ wicket as his first. Bumrah has taken 234 wickets at an average of 19.79 in 52 Tests, including the best bowling figures of 6/27. He also has a Test hat-trick that he took against the West Indies. Let’s take a look at the top 3 performances of Jasprit Bumrah in Tests.

Here are the top 3 performances of Jasprit Bumrah in tests:

6/61 vs South Africa, Cape Town, 2024

On a spicy pitch in Cape Town in 2024, India and South Africa played one of the shortest Test matches in the modern era. South Africa opted to bat first and were shot out for 55 runs, with Mohammed Siraj taking 6/15 and Jasprit Bumrah taking two wickets. India replied with 153, thanks to Virat Kohli’s 46.

South Africa, in their second innings, scored 176, with Aiden Markram scoring a classy 106 runs. But Bumrah demolished the Proteas with 6/61. Set 79 runs to win, India did lose three wickets, but Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 28 guided them to a seven-wicket win.

6/27 (Hat-trick) vs West Indies, Kingston, 2019

India and the West Indies clashed in the second Test of the series in 2019 in Kingston, and India was asked to bat first. India posted 416 runs on the back of Hanuma Vihari’s 111 Bumrah had other ideas as he rattled the West Indies batters, taking 6/27 in the first innings. This included a hat-trick, when he dismissed Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, and Roston Chase, to knock Windies out for 117 runs. Bumrah became the third Indian to take a Test hat-trick.

India then declared their second innings on 168/4, with Ajinkya Rahane and Vihari scoring unbeaten fifties. Set 468 runs to win, the Windies were routed for 210 runs, with Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja taking three wickets each, while Jasprit Bumrah took one scalp.

6/45 & 3/46 vs. England, Vishakhapatnam, 2024

It was the Jasprit Bumrah show when India and England clashed in the second Test in Vishakhapatnam in February 2024. India made 396 thanks to 209 by Yashasvi Jaiswal. England tried well, with Zak Crawley making 76, but Jasprit Bumrah took 6/45, as including wickets of Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Tom Hartley, and James Anderson.

India made 255 in the second innings, with Shubman Gill scoring 104, setting England 399 runs to win. Jasprit Bumrah picked 3/46, and R Ashwin took 3/72 as England only managed 292 runs, losing the Test by 106 runs.

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