South African spin bowler Tabraiz Shamsi recently pointed out an interesting similarity between his T20 International cricket statistics and those of Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Shamsi used his account on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to highlight the coincidence.
“Fun fact… Jasprit Bumrah and I have played the exact same amount of T20 international games. Bowled the exact same number of balls in those games and taken the exact same amount of wickets! Such a crazy coincidence”
Both Bumrah and Shamsi have played 70 T20I matches. They have each bowled 1,509 balls and taken 89 wickets in those matches.
While they have played the same number of matches, Bumrah has bowled in 69 innings compared to Shamsi’s 70.
Bumrah has an economy rate of 6.27 runs per over in T20 Internationals. He has not taken a five-wicket haul in this format whereas Shamsi has a T20 International economy rate of 7.39 and has taken one five-wicket haul.
Neither bowler participated in the recent T20 International series between India and South Africa.
India won that series 3-1. Tilak Varma and Sanju Samson both scored centuries in the series for India.
Bumrah is currently in Perth, Australia, where he is practicing with the Indian Test team. They will soon begin a five-match series against Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The first Test begins in Perth on November 22nd. The second Test starts in Adelaide on December 6th. Brisbane will host the third Test, beginning on December 14th. The traditional Boxing Day Test will commence in Melbourne on December 26th.
The series will conclude with the fifth Test, starting on January 3, 2025, in Sydney. India will be attempting to regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and secure their World Test Championship final berth.