Jasprit Bumrah's Stellar Performances & Indian Cricket Feats in Cape Town Test
Records Broken, Notable Milestones, and Dominance in South Africa
■ On Thursday, Jasprit Bumrah claimed his ninth five-wicket Test haul. His eighth haul of that kind outside of India. The 5/24 match in Bengaluru, 2022, against Sri Lanka was his only match in India.
Additionally, it was Bumrah's third career six-wicket performance: vs. WI on June 27 (Kingston, 2019) 6/33 — Australia versus vs. SA on 6/61 (Cape Town, 2024)
■ Bumrah has taken 18 Test wickets from 3 Tests thus far in Cape Town. In four Test matches, only Colin Blythe, an Englishman, has taken more wickets than Bumrah (25). Shane Warne, who had 17 wickets from 3 Tests in Cape Town, trailed Bumrah in this match.
■ Following MS Dhoni in the 2010–11 series, Rohit Sharma became the second Indian captain to draw a Test series in South Africa.
■ In Cape Town, Rohit became the first Asian captain to win a Test match.
■ Cape Town is now the third location where India has won a Test in less than two days, following Bangalore (vs. Afg, June 14–15, 2018) and Ahmedabad (vs. Eng, Feb. 24–25, 2021).
■ Aiden Markram scored the highest score by a South African in a full Test innings with 106, accounting for 60.8% of the team's total of 176. The previous record was set in December 1913 in Durban against England by Herbie Taylor, who scored 59.89% (109 out of 182) in the match.
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