Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah on Saturday produced a lethal opening spell and ra♓ttled West Indies by picking up the first five wickets. Three of these c🍨ame off successive deliveries in the ninth over to leave the hosts tottering at 87 for seven at stumps.
Bumrah made inroads into the Windies line-up in the seventh over by inducing an♑ edge from John Campbell, which Rishabh Pant aౠccepted 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 the second slip and then had both Brooks and Chase LBW in the next two ꦇballs.
With this hat-trick, Bumrah has become only the third Indian after Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan to achieve the feat in the longest fo𝕴rmat 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 islands have seen so many fast bowling greats ♍dish out their fury, and this performance from would have made each of those greats extremely happy. 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 hundred by and an incredible hat-trick by .. 𓆏Indian cricket at its best! 👌🏻🙌
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25)
Sensational well done on your grea🐟t 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 seﷺems🍒 insatiable
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Now a hat-trick! Bumrah is𝕴 bowling at anothꦓer 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-trick and six wickets. West Indie𒁏s 87/7 at the end of Day 2
— BCCI (@BCCI)
Congratulations Jasprit Bumrah
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Bumrah is the thﷺird Indian to take a hat-trick in Test cricket.
Each delivery he bowled was fuller and swung mo🌞re than more the previous ball. Exquisite control and accuracy from the champion fast bowleܫr.
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst)
