Jasprit Bumrah took the final wicket of the Australian second innings at the MCG to take his Test average in 2024 below 15.
Bumrah cleaned up Scott Boland with his fourth ball of the day to bowl Australia out for 234, setting India a target of 340. It was his fifth wicket of the innings as he ended with figures of 5-57.
The last wicket took Bumrah's Test bowling average for the year down to 14.92 as he finished with 71 wickets in the format in 2024. In the process, he became the first ever bowler to take more than 70 Test wickets in a calendar year at an average below 15.
With a 70-wicket cut-off, the previous best average in a year was 16.90 by Muttiah Muralidaran in 2006, followed by 18.2 by Shane Warne in 1994. Among fast bowlers, the record was held by Allan Donald, who took 80 wickets at 19.63 in 1998.
