Jasprit Bumrah, the spearhead of the rapid bowling of India, has been appointed winner of the Male Crits Player of the Year of the ICC by 2024. Bumrah chose the amazing amount of 71 land and launched 357 overs in 13 Matches with an average of 14.92 in 2024. Bumrah’s 71 puffs in 2024 made it the fourth bowling player of India to win more than 70 test lands in a calendar year after Ravichandran Ashwin, Anil Kumble and Kapil Dev. Those numbers were enough for him to defeat Kamindu Mendis of Sri Lanka and the batting duo of England formed by Harry Brook and Joe Root to win the prestigious award.
It was a year in which Bumrah stood out both at home and away, proveing to be a key taxpayer to keep India in the fight for a place in the final of the World Testing Championship of 2025, although the team failed to reach the Shock for the title.
Bumrah’s incredible 2024 began during the memorable victory of India in the test against South Africa in Cabo Cabo, where he chose eight land. He then got 19 lands in India, beating England by a 4-1 margin, and the highlight was a nine-land route and helped India achieve a leveling victory in the series in Visakhapatnam.
Bumrah’s most outstanding performance in the 2024 tests occurred in the high-risk Border-Gasskar Trophy Series in Australia, where he chose 32 land in five games with an average of 13.06 and a 28,37 Strike Rate of Strike To take the award to the series player.
It was during the series in Australia that Bumrah crossed the milestone of the 200 test lands, becoming the twelfth Indian bowling player to do so, although he did not help visitors to avoid a defeat in the series 3-1.
His best performance in the Australia tour occurred when he chose eight lands in a surprising period in Perth, including a five -land route in the first entries, to take India to a 295 -run victory.
Bumrah, 31, also established a unique record to achieve the feat, becoming the only bowling player in the history of the test with a minimum of 200 layoffs that has an average of less than 20 (19,4).
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