Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the pace of India’s fast bowling has changed. Edge, speed, impact and attack, a terrific cocktail of everything, is India’s current pace attack.
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Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the pace of India’s fast bowling has changed. Edge, speed, impact and attack, a terrific cocktail of everything, is India’s current pace attack. After the first innings of the Cape Town Test, now the same fire, wreaking havoc, fast bowling has given Virat Kohli a special place. The army of Indian fast bowlers has now associated his name with the two Soorma Test captains in cricket history.
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Know why Virat Kohli’s name is associated with two Soorma captains first. Actually this was possible because 4 fast bowlers of India have taken more than 100 Test wickets under his captaincy.
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So far in the history of Test cricket, there have been only two such captains, under whose captaincy 4 or more fast bowlers have taken 100 plus wickets. Most of these 7 fast bowlers were under the command of South African captain Graeme Smith. On the other hand, West Indies’ Kyle Lloyd, under whose captaincy 5 fast bowlers have taken 100 plus Test wickets.
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Jasprit Bumrah was the fourth fast bowler to take 100 plus Test wickets under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, who achieved this position by taking 5 wickets in the first innings of the Cape Town Test. Before him, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav had taken 100 wickets.
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Mohammed Shami has taken the highest 167 Test wickets under the captaincy of Virat. At the same time, Ishant Sharma is second with 121 wickets after him. Umesh Yadav has done 104 hunting. Whereas Jasprit Bumrah has taken 102 wickets till the first innings of the Cape Town Test.
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