Jasprit Bumrah vs Joe Root: Test battle in numbers
Jasprit Bumrah vs Joe Root: Test battle in numbers
Joe Root and Jasprit Bumrah have shared a long-standing rivalry in Test cricket over several years
Bumrah and Root have competed against each other in 24 Test innings to date
Bumrah has had the wood over Joe Root, dismissing the England great 9 times
Root has scored 286 runs off 559 balls against Bumrah, averaging 31.77
Their first face-off was in the 2018 Test series in England. In that series, Bumrah dismissed Root twice, conceding 44 runs off 127 balls
Bumrah dominated Root in the 2021 England series, taking his wicket three times
During the 2024 India-England series at home, Bumrah again dismissed Root three times
Only Pat Cummins (11 dismissals) and Josh Hazlewood (10 dismissals) have dismissed Root more often than Bumrah in Tests
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