Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah on Saturday produced a lethal opening spell and rattled West Indies by picking up the first five wickets. Three of these came off successive deliveries in the ninth o🙈ver to leave the hosts tottering at 87 for seven at stumps.
Bumrah made inroads into the Windies line-up in the seventh over byౠ inducing an edge from John Campbell, which ꦺRishabh Pant accepted gleefully.
An over later, Bumrah was at his lethal best as he took the wickets of Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks and Roston Chase in three consecutive balls to complete his maiden Test hat-trick.
He first dismissed Bravo caught by KL Rahul at t♔he secon🦩d slip and then had both Brooks and Chase LBW in the next two balls.
With this h🌺at-trick, Bumrah has become only the third Indian after Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan to achieve the feat in the longest format of the game.
Bumrah’s figures read 6/16 from 9.1 overs at the end of the second day’s play.
Here’s how the cricketing world reacted:
The Carribean isla⛦nds have seen so many fast bowling greats dish out their fury, and this performance from would have made each of those greats extremely hap🍷py. Wow just wow.
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99)
Jasprit Bumrah is a once in a lifetime talent.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Test hat-trick for Jasprit Bumrah , a very special bowler. India very lucky to have found him and what a champion he proves to be everytime.
Greatest find in the last 7-8 years.— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Bumrah wouldn’t have had the hattrick if it wasn’t for the DRS. In fact, if Kohli thought of going with the bowler. Only the third Indian bowler to claim a hattrick in Tests…currently the best bowler in the world across all formats. Without doubt.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Great first hunܫdred by and an incredible hat-trick by .. Indian cricket at its best! 👌🏻🙌
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25)
Sensꦰational well done on your great spell.. welcome in the♐ hattrick club 🏏🇮🇳🤗❤️ so so so proud of you. Keep it going brother
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Bumrah’s appetite 🐭for West Indies batsmen seems insatiab🎀le
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Now a hat-trick! Bumrah is bowling at ಌanother level. Taking wickets for fun.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Great Job ..More Power to Yur right Arm.!! GodBless Always…!!
— Bishan Bedi (@BishanBedi)
Bumrah on fire … again 🙌
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur)
What a bowler Jasprit Bumrah is 🙌
— ICC (@ICC)
Asian bowlers to claim Test hat-tricks outside Asia
– Sri Lankan Nuwan Zoysa at Harare on 26 Nov 1999
– Indian Jasprit Bumrah at Kingston on 31 Aug 2019— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Another Test, another five-wicket haul 🙌🏻🔥
Take a bow 🙇🏻♂️, 🌟
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
Day 2 had its fair share of action with Bumrah picking up a hat-trܫick and six wickets.😼 West Indies 87/7 at the end of Day 2
— BCCI (@BCCI)
Congratulations Jasprit Bumrah
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Bumrah is the third Indian to take𒈔 a hat-trick in Test cr♏icket.
Each delivery꧂ he bowled was fu♛ller and swung more than more the previous ball. Exquisite control and accuracy from the champion fast bowler.
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst)
