Jasprit Bumrah‘s unplayable burst in the post-lunch session against Australia in Melbourne on Sunday rattled the home team in their second innings of the fourth Test.
India’s bowling spearhead and vice-captain Bumrah continued to be Australia’s nemesis as he struck thrice in 11 balls after lunch, which included his 200th Test wicket — making him the fastest Indian bowler to the landmark and the only one with an average of under 20 in the overall list of bowlers with 200 or more Test wickets.
After India lost their last wicket in the form of centurion Nitish Kumar Reddy (114) early on the fourth morning, Bumrah struck quickly, taking out debutant opener Sam Konstas, who couldn’t repeat his first-innings heroics and was dismissed for 8.
WATCH: Konstas’s dismissal

Bumrah returned for another spell after lunch and was almost unplayable, with most of the Australian batters, barring Marnus Labuschagne, having no answer to the right-hand pacer’s masterly skills.
He took three wickets in 11 balls while giving away just three runs during the spell that left Australia reeling at 91 for 6.
Bumrah took his 200th wicket by dismissing the best batter of the series Travis Head for 1 and four balls later sent Mitchell Marsh back for a duck.
WATCH: Head an Marsh’s dismissal

In his next over, Bumrah cleaned up Australia’s wicketkeeper Alex Carey for 2.
Amid this mayhem, Labuschagne brought up a patient half-century to hold one end up.
WATCH: Carey’s dismissal

Australia, who had scored 474 in their first innings, took a 105-run first-innings lead. But their plan of perhaps reaching 250 in quick fashion and declaring to set a big total to chase for India suffered a setback.
Mohammed Siraj bowled an equally fiery spell, which saw him picking up the wickets of first-innings centurion Steve Smith (13) and Usman Khawaja (21).