Jasprit Bumrah delivered with a fiery spell of fast bowling on Day 2 of INDvsSL and picked up his eighth 5-wicket haul in 29 Tests to match former India skipper Kapil Dev as the hosts bowled out Sri Lanka for 109, taking a 143-run first-innings lead in the current Pink ball game match in Bengaluru.
Bumrah’s first five-wicket haul at home and eighth overall – the joint-most for an Indian seamer after 29 Tests alongside Kapil Dev. Bumrah was the pick of the bowlers for India, picking up five wickets for 24 runs.
Jasprit Bumrah – Best figures for an Indian seamer vs SL
Jasprit Bumrah, who had ended Day 1 with three wickets to his name, dismissed Lasith Embuldeniya in the third over of the day before removing Niroshan Dickwella (21) for his fifth wicket. It took Bumrah merely 10 overs to reach the feat, as he took his maiden five-wicket haul on Indian soil.
5/24 J Bumrah Bengaluru 2022
5/54 Ishant Sharma Colombo SSC 2015
5/72 V Prasad Kandy 2001
5/72 Zaheer Khan Mumbai BS 2009
Sri Lanka resumed Day 2 at 86 for 6 and Niroshan Dickwella kickstarted with back-to-back boundaries off Jasprit Bumrah. However, Bumrah returned in the next over to bounce out Lasith Embuldeniya for 1.
Niroshan Dickwella was the next man to depart as Bumrah dismissed him to register his first 5-wicket haul at home, while Ashwin took a couple of wickets to bowl out the Lankans for 109. SL managed to add only 23 runs in 35 balls on Day 2 and handed India a massive 143-run first-innings lead.
Sri Lanka Cricket Team Lowest Totals
Sri Lanka were bowled out for their second-lowest total in Test cricket against India in the first innings on day two of the Day-night Test in Bengaluru on Sunday. Angelo Mathews was the top scorer with 43, while Niroshan Dickwella added 21.
Lowest totals for SL vs India
82 Chandigarh 1990
109 Bengaluru 2022
119 Ahmedabad 1994
134 Colombo PSS 2015
As Bumrah achieved the feat on Day 2, the cricket fraternity lauded him. Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan lauded the fast bowler, saying that he “would pay to watch Jasprit Bumrah bowl.”
West Indies’ former cricketer and commentator Ian Bishop also heaped praise on Bumrah, insisting that the five-wicket haul was “absolutely deserving” for Bumrah. Wasim Jaffer, meanwhile, lauded Bumrah in his own witty way.
Here’s how Jasprit Bumrah Fans on Twitter reacted:
“Taking a Fifer in totally spinning pitches. Take a bow Jasprit Bumrah. Undoubtedly, one of the best of this generation,” a fan tweeted.
“A fast bowler taking 5-wicket haul on a pitch that is paradise for spinners, that’s Jasprit Bumrah for you,” another fan tweeted.
“Jasprit Bumrah has made mockery of this alleged spinner friendly pitch,” another user wrote on Twitter.
