Jasprit Bumrah Breaks Kapil Dev’s Record to Script History in World Test Championship

Udaipur, Oct 04, 2025: Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah bowled well in the first Test match against West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. His strong performance gave him a special milestone.

In this match, Bumrah took 3 wickets in 14 overs. With this, he became the fastest Indian bowler to take 50 wickets at home. He is tied with Javagal Srinath, as both reached 50 wickets at home in 24 Test matches. Kapil Dev, Ishant Sharma, and Mohammed Shami are also on the list. Kapil Dev did it in 25 matches, while Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami reached the mark in 27 matches each.

Bumrah Creates New Record

Jasprit Bumrah now holds the record for the fastest bowler to take 50 wickets at home in terms of balls. He reached this milestone in 1,747 balls. Bumrah, who made his Test debut in 2018, has taken 222 wickets in 49 Test matches for India, including 15 five-wicket hauls.

With his third wicket against West Indies, Bumrah also became the first Indian fast bowler to take 50 Test wickets on home soil in the World Test Championship (WTC). He has achieved this in 13 WTC matches in India. Earlier, Ravichandran Ashwin (149 wickets) and Ravindra Jadeja (94 wickets) had crossed 50 WTC wickets at home.

India vs West Indies Test Update

In this match, West Indies won the toss and batted first but were all out for 162 runs. For India, Mohammed Siraj took four wickets, Jasprit Bumrah took three, Kuldeep Yadav took two, and Washington Sundar took one. At the end of play on 

As play began on Day 3, West Indies are playing their second innings after India declared their first at 448 for the loss of 5 wickets and put the Indies to catch up with India's first innings total. The Carribeans have already lost 5 wickets in their second innings.