Jasprit Bumrah Becomes India’s Leading T20 World Cup Wicket-Taker with Stunning Spell vs South Africa

You don’t need stats to say Jasprit Bumrah is india’s best T20 bowler. But if proof is needed, he showed it with an amazing spell against South Africa in Ahmedabad, becoming India’s top wicket-taker in T20 World Cup history. Bumrah started his spell with tempting deliveries outside off, which made Aiden Markam and Quinton de Kock drive and punch the ball through the cover region.

He overcompensated with a full toss, which de Kock took full toll of as he drove with authority. He knew the length wasn’t right. Bumrah was also trying to take the ball away from de Kock. He went wide of the crease, pulled his length back, and aimed to bring the ball in. The move worked wonders. The South African wicketkeeper was frozen on the crease, unsure whether to move forward or back. Bumrah’s delivery swung in, de Kock missed the slog, and the stumps were shattered.

He finished the over by switching to round the wicket and bowling a perfect length ball that left Ryan Rickelton helpless as it zipped past his bat. He targeted the stumps again, bowling straight to Dewald Brevis, who took a single. Rickelton played the last four balls of Bumrah’s opening spell. He started with an off-cutter outside leg and then two length balls outside off. On the last delivery, he bowled the cutter again; this time, Rickelton was completely deceived.

He tried to guide the ball to the leg side, but it came late, and he ended up chipping it to Shivam Dube at mid-off. Coming back in the 17th over, Bumrah unleashed every trick he had. Yorkers, slower balls, bouncers, and slower bouncers, as Tristan Stubbs and Marco Jansen managed to score just 5 runs off 6 balls.

South Africa had no issues facing Varun Chakaravarthy, who went for 47 runs in 4 overs, but they have no idea against Bumrah.The pacer repeats the same in the 19th over. This time, the yorker earned him a wicket as Corbin Bosch hit the ball straight back to him, and Bumrah caught it one-handed. In the last over, he went for just 3 runs, and finished his spell with the figures of 15/3.

Most wickets for India in T20 World Cup history