Main point:
In the Lord’s Test, Jasprit Bumrah bowled brilliantly and dismissed Joe Root for the 11th time. In this innings, he also sent Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes to the pavilion. Bumrah has now become the bowler to dismiss Root most often in Tests with Pat Cummins.
Delhi: In the third Test between India and England being played at Lord’s, Jasprit Bumrah was once again seen commanding India’s bowling. Number 1 Test bowler Bumrah started on the first day by dismissing England batsman Harry Brook and then took three important wickets in the morning session on the second day.
Bumrah for 11th time Joe Root is out
Bumrah first bowled England captain Ben Stokes. After this, in his next over, he scattered the root gills. Joe Root scored 104 runs in this innings, but he was completely dodged by Bumrah’s ball.
With this wicket, Jasprit took the record of outdoing Joe Root the most times in Test cricket. Now both Bumrah and Pat Cummins have dismissed the route 11 times. Josh Hazlewood is out third by dismissing the route 10 times.
Even in the first innings of the first Test, Bumrah got the route caught in the slip. Bumrah also dismissed Chris Woakes on the next ball after the route. The Vox could not even open an account and Dhruv Jurlel caught him.
Bumrah vs Joe Root in Test
| Data | Description |
|---|---|
| Run | 311 |
| Balls | 612 |
| Out | 11 times |
| average | 28.27 runs per out |
Bowler who dismissed Joe Root most often in Test cricket
| Bowler | Bar dismissed |
|---|---|
| Jaspreet Bumrah (India) | 11 |
| Pat Cummins (Australia) | 11 |
| Josh Hazlewood (Australia) | 10 |
| Nathan Lion (Australia) | 9 |
| Ravindra Jadeja (India) | 8 |
