Jasprit Bumrah vs Brett Lee: Record comparison after 41 Test matches

New Delhi: Jasprit Bumrah is an Indian international pacer who plays for the Indian cricket team in all formats of the game and is currently the vice-captain of India in Test format. The pacer has been phenomenal for the Rohit Sharma led-side. It’s a very difficult thing to compare him with any bowler. But, there is a bowler whom you can compare with Jasprit Bumrah, he is Brett Lee. Brett Lee is an Australian former international cricketer, who played all three formats of the game. During his international career, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in the world.

Jasprit Bumrah vs Brett Lee:
While Jasprit Bumrah has played 41 matches in Test cricket, Brett Lee has played 76 Test matches. We are going to tell you about the record of Jasprit Bumrah and Brett Lee after 41 Test matches each. Jasprit Bumrah has taken 181 wickets in 41 Test matches at an average of 20.06.

Brett Lee had taken 158 wickets in 41 Test matches at an average of 31.91. Jasprit Bumrah had taken 5 wicket haul in an innings 11 times in 41 Test matches. Brett Lee had taken 5 wicket haul in an innings 4 times in 41 Test matches. Jasprit Bumrah’s best performance in an innings in 41 Test matches was 6 wickets for 27 runs. Brett Lee’s best performance in an innings after 41 Test matches was 5 wickets for 47 runs.

Dubbed as the bowler “impossible to face” by swashbuckling Australian batter Travis Head and a “cat burglar” by former tearaway pacer Brett Lee, Jasprit Bumrah’s reputation precedes him. Since the golden era of the West Indies in the 1970s a touring pace bowler struck fear into the hearts of Australians as much as Bumrah, according to the local media.