Jasprit Bumrah Becomes The Third Indian To Take A Test Hat-Trick

Jasprit Bumrah rattled the West Indies innings with his back to back 5-wickets hauls in the first innings of the second Test at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica.

After blowing West Indies away in the second innings of the first Test in Antigua with 5 wickets for just 7 runs, the 25-year-old replicate his first Test's heroic and dismantled Windies' innings with 6 wickets for just 16 runs including a hat-trick.

The 7th ranked Test bowler in ICC rankings produced a sheer example of swing bowling and in just 9th over of Windies' innings, he dismissed Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, and Roston Chase in 3 consecutive balls and became the only third Indian to bag a Test hat-trick.

Hat tricks for India in Test cricket:

Harbhajan Singh vs Aus (Kolkata, 2001)
Irfan Pathan vs Pak (Karachi, 2006)
Jasprit Bumrah vs WI (Kingston, 2019)*

Bumrah now has 12 wickets in this series with one innings still to play. Anil Kumble and Irfan Pathan have a record for the most wickets in 2-match series. Both took 21-wickets each against Pakistan and Zimbabwe respectively. Bumrah is 9 wickets away from taking them over.

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