India’s fast-bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been named because the winner of the ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year award for 2024. Bumrah picked an astonishing 71 wickets whereas bowling 357 overs in 13 matches at a median of 14.92 in 2024. Bumrah’s 71 scalps in 2024 made him simply the fourth India bowler to take greater than 70 Test wickets in a calendar yr after Ravichandran Ashwin, Anil Kumble and Kapil Dev. Those numbers have been sufficient for him to beat competitors from Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis and England batting duo of Harry Brook, and Joe Root to win the distinguished award.
It was a yr the place Bumrah excelled in each dwelling and away circumstances, proving to be a key contributor in holding India in competition for a spot within the 2025 World Test Championship Final, although the facet fell in need of making it to the title conflict.
Bumrah’s unbelievable 2024 started throughout India’s memorable Test win in opposition to South Africa in Cape Town, the place he picked eight wickets. He then went on to bag 19 wickets in India beating England 4-1 margin, with the spotlight being a match haul of 9 wickets and serving to India to a series-levelling win in Visakhapatnam.
Bumrah’s most standout efficiency in Tests in 2024 got here within the high-stakes Border-Gavaskar Trophy Series in Australia, the place he picked 32 wickets in 5 matches at a median of 13.06 and a strike price 28.37 to clinch the Player of the Series award.
It was through the sequence in Australia that Bumrah crossed the 200 Test wickets milestone, turning into the twelfth Indian bowler to take action, although it did not assist the guests in avoiding a 3-1 sequence defeat.
His finest efficiency on tour of Australia got here when he picked eight wickets in a shocking spell in Perth, together with a five-wicket haul within the first innings, to elevate India in the direction of a 295-run win.
Bumrah, 31, additionally set a singular document whereas reaching the feat, turning into the one bowler in Test historical past with a minimal of 200 dismissals to have a median lower than 20 (19.4).
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