IND vs ENG: Akash Deep breaks Jasprit Bumrah's record

NEW DELHI: Akash Deep carved his sanction into Indian cricket past with a stellar, match-defining show astatine Edgbaston, shattering records held by immoderate of India’s finest accelerated bowlers.With lucifer figures of 10/187, Akash delivered the best-ever bowling show by an Indian successful a Test lucifer successful England, surpassing Jasprit Bumrah’s 9/110 astatine Trent Bridge successful 2021 and Zaheer Khan’s 9/134 astatine the aforesaid venue successful 2007. He besides eclipsed Chetan Sharma’s 10/188 from 1986 — a grounds that had stood for astir 4 decades.

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The 27-year-old pacer from Sasaram was relentless crossed some innings, picking up 4 wickets successful the archetypal and 6 successful the 2nd — including the last wicket of Brydon Carse — to seal India’s first-ever Test triumph astatine Edgbaston.

The triumph, a broad 336-run win, besides helped the visitors level the five-match bid 1-1.This triumph wasn’t conscionable historical due to the fact that of the venue. It was besides India’s biggest Test triumph distant from location by runs, surpassing their 318-run triumph implicit West Indies astatine North Sound successful 2016.Captain Shubman Gill, on with pacers Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj, led from the beforehand successful a corporate effort that ended India’s agelong hold for a triumph successful Birmingham.

Gill, too, scripted past — not lone with the bat, wherever helium scored 269 and 161 — but besides arsenic a leader. At 25 years and 301 days, helium became the youngest Indian skipper to triumph a Test overseas, breaking Sunil Gavaskar’s grounds (26y 202d) acceptable successful Auckland successful 1976.