Jasprit Bumrah is a bowler for Indian cricket, and he was awarded ICC Test Cricketer of the Year in 2024.
He is the sixth Indian to receive the prize of the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year after taking 71 wickets in 13 test matches in the year 2024.
From the list of players he joins, there is Rahul Dravid in 2004, Gautam Gambhir in 2009, Virender Sehwag in 2010, R Ashwin in 2016, and Virat Kohli in 2018.
Bumrah took 71 wickets in 2024. He broke R Ashwin’s record of being the highest-rated bowler in the ICC Test ratings by an Indian.
He has claimed more Test wickets than that of England’s Gus Atkinson. The England bowler stands at number two position by claiming 52 wickets in 11 red-ball international games.
Bumrah bowled as many as 357 overs and had an incredible economy rate in the longest format of the game with 2.96. He has a glorious strike-rate of 30.1, and his bowling average for the year 2024 is 14.92.
The total of 71 wickets in a single season, Jasprit Bumrah entered an elite group of Indian bowlers to become the fourth of only three left-handed Indians with Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble, and Ravichandran Ashwin on that exclusive list.
He even produced one of the many magical bowling performances while entering the MCG in the opening game against Australia in Perth.
At 150 from the first day’s play, India managed a magnificent comeback under Bumrah’s genius. He finished at 5/30 with a magnificent five-wicket haul.
India set up a tough target of 534 for Australia with a forceful reply before Bumrah took another outstanding spell, returning 3/42 on his way to a dominating win by a margin of 295 runs.
His pace, consistency, and also the wickets where he picked critical wickets especially in testing matches helped India win some quite crucial Test encounters.
