Jasprit Bumrah is the best all format fast bowler in the world by a mile. There is no other bowler who instills this much fear in the opposition batters as much as him. He recently won the T20I World Cup for India. He has played 70 T20Is so far for India and he has taken 89 Wickets for India. He has an economy rate of 6.28 runs per over. He took 15 Wickets in the 2024 T20I World Cup at an astounding economy rate of 4.17.
Let’s look at the Top 5 Best Bowling Performances of Jasprit Bumrah in T20IS
Jasprit Bumrah T20I Bowling Stats:
Matches | 70 |
Innings | 69 |
Balls Bowled | 1509 |
Runs Conceded | 1579 |
Economy Rate | 6.28 |
Best Bowling | 3/7 |
Wickets | 89 |
Overs | 251.3 |
Average | 17.74 |
1) 3/7 vs Afghanistan (2024)
The best bowling performance in T20IS for Jasprit Bumrah came in the 2024 T20I World Cup. He was at his absolute best in this tournament. In this match, India made 181 in 20 overs. Surya Kumar Yadav made 53 runs in 28 balls. Afghanistan were all out for 134 runs. Jasprit Bumrah bowled 4 overs for just 7 runs and took 3 Wickets. He got the Wickets of Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hazratullah Zazai among others. He gave away 1.75 runs per over In a 20 overs match. India won this match by 47 runs.
2) 3/14 vs Pakistan (2024)
This was the high pressure match between India vs Pakistan. India had only made 119 in 20 overs. Pakistan should have won easily as they only needed 48 Runs from 48 balls. Then Jasprit Bumrah happened. He bowled 4 overs for just 14 runs and got 3 Wickets. He gave away 3.50 Runs per over. He got the important Wickets of Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed. India won the match by 6 runs. Jasprit Bumrah was the star in this miraculous win for India.
3) 3/23 vs Australia (2016)
This was the first T20I Match for Jasprit Bumrah and he made a match winning contribution against a very good Australian team. India made 186 in 20 overs and Virat Kohli was the best batter as he made 90 not out in 55 balls. Jasprit Bumrah bowled 3.3 overs and he gave away 23 runs and took 3 Wickets. He had an economy rate of 6.57. Jasprit Bumrah took the Wickets of David Warner, James Faulkner and others. India won the match by 37 runs. This was a great start for what would become a legendary career which is still going strong.
4) 3/12 vs New Zealand (2020)
This is one of the best overseas bowling performances by Jasprit Bumrah in his T20I career. This was against New Zealand just before the COVID Pandemic was about to stop the world . India had made 163 in 20 overs. Rohit Sharma was the highest run getter with 60 runs. While bowling, Jasprit Bumrah had become the leader of the attack. He bowled 4 overs for just 12 Runs and took 3 Wickets. He gave away just 3 runs per over. He took the Wickets of Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell and others. India won the match by 7 Runs.
5) 3/14 vs England (2017)
This was a one sided match that India dominated and won against a very strong England team. In the first innings of this match, India made a very good score of 202 and Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni were the lead run getters with 63 and 56 respectively. England were not able to get any sort of momentum. Chahal bowled the best spell of his career and he took 6 Wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs. Jasprit Bumrah bowled 2.3 overs and he took 3 Wickets for 14 runs. He took the Wickets of Jos Buttler and others. India won the match by a whopping 75 runs.
