Australia vs India 2018: 5 best individual performances from the Test series

Jasprit Bumrah 9-86 match figures, MCG

One of the finds in Indian Test cricket in 2018 has to be Jasprit Bumrah. He came into limelight in the IPL playing for Mumbai Indians and many thought that he is good enough only for white-ball cricket but can never be an asset in the longest format.

Well, he has now become India’s No.1 bowler across all formats and Kohli’s go-to man in all conditions.

On a wicket where Aussie quicks found it difficult to go past the batsman’s defences, Bumrah was able to knock their batters with sheer pace and that speaks volumes of his incredible skill.

To see foreign batsmen ducking and swaying against an Indian paceman is indeed a very rare sight for fans and this was on show at the ‘G’ in which Bumrah ran through the Aussie batting line up that set up an Indian win to retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy.

The 25-year old’s spell of 6-33 in the first innings was the best ever by an Indian at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground and he picked up 3 more in the second innings to end up receiving a well-deserved man of the match award.