Pat Cummins 200 wickets in WTC: Australia’s star all-rounder Pat Cummins created history in the Sydney Test match against India. Cummins has become the first bowler in the world to take 200 wickets in the World Test Championship. Under the captaincy of this 31-year-old fast bowler, the Australian team, which won the WTC title in 2023, won the title by defeating India in the final played at The Oval. Cummins scored a double century of his/her wickets in WTC by dismissing Washington Sundar in the second innings on the third day of the fifth Test match of the series played in Sydney. No bowler could do this before Cummins. Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is still far behind this.
Indian all-rounder Washington Sundar, who made his/her Test debut in January 2021, scored 13 runs facing 43 balls in the Sydney Test match. he/she was clean bowled by Pat Cummins on the fourth ball of the 43rd over of the Indian innings. Australian bowlers dominate the list of bowlers taking the most wickets in the WTC. After Cummins in this list, there is Australia’s legendary spinner Nathan Lyon, who has taken 196 wickets in 48 Tests. R Ashwin, who recently announced his/her retirement from international cricket during the Australia tour, is at third place with 195 wickets. Ashwin has taken these wickets in 41 matches, while Australia’s fast bowler Mitchell Starc is at fourth position with 165 wickets in 43 matches, while India’s Jasprit Bumrah is at fifth position with 156 wickets in 35 matches. Cummins became the fastest to reach the mark of 200 wickets.
Pat Cummins took 25 wickets against India
In the 5-match Test series against India that concluded on Sunday, Cummins took the maximum of 25 wickets for Australia. he/she has taken 73 wickets in 17 Tests against India in the 2023-25 WTC edition. Cummins is at third place in terms of taking most wickets in a single edition of WTC. Cummins’s teammate Nathan Lyon is at the top in this list with 88 wickets while Bumrah is at second place with 77 wickets. After this comes Cummins.
Cummins dismissed a player like Pant in the first innings.
Cummins had dismissed Washington Sundar and Jasprit Bumrah in the first innings of the Sydney Test match. In the second innings, he/she opened his/her account by dismissing wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant. Pant played a brilliant inning of 61 runs in 33 balls. During this, Pant hit 4 sixes and 4 fours. he/she was caught by Cummins on the second ball of the 23rd over by wicketkeeper Alex Carey. After this, the Australian Test captain started the day with a bang by dismissing Ravindra Jadeja for 13 runs on Sunday. Jadeja could only score 13 runs in 45 balls. Jadeja was also caught by Carey.
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first published : January 5, 2025, 1:20 pm IST