Bumrah makes unique history as T20I captain, joins Dhoni and Sehwag’s formidable club

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Jasprit Bumrah T20I Captaincy Debut Record: Star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has made a memorable return to the Indian team after almost 11 months. Debuting as captain in T20 international cricket, he not only led the team to victory, but also performed effectively himself. Bumrah took two wickets in the first over in the first T20 against Ireland. He bowled opener Andrew Balbirnie (4) and had Lorcan Tucker (0) caught out by wicketkeeper Sanju Samson one down. Bumrah Bumrah has created a unique history by making his captaincy debut in T20 international cricket. He has also entered the elite club of legends like MS Dhoni and Virender Sehwag.

Let us tell you that Bumrah has become the first Indian cricketer to win the player of the match award on his debut as captain in T20. Before Bumrah, 8 Indian players had led the team to victory in the shortest format in the first match of their captaincy, but had not won the Player of the Match award. Bumrah is the ninth player to win his first T20 match as Indian captain. Kamal Sehwag was the first to do it. He did it in a T20 match against South Africa in 2006 and India won by 6 wickets. This was Team India’s first T20 International match. Apart from Dhoni, the list of players who won their first T20 match as captain includes Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul The name is also included.

Coming to India vs Ireland match, Bumrah brigade won the match by 2 runs. The match was affected by rain. Bumrah won the toss and elected to bowl and restricted Ireland to 139/7 in the allotted 20 overs. Barry McCarthy scored an unbeaten 51 off 33 balls with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes for the host team. He is the first player to score a fifty in T20 International cricket against India while batting at number 8 or below. At the same time, when India scored 47/2 in 6.5 overs while chasing the target, the match could not start due to rain. India was then declared the winner under the Duckworth-Lewis rule.

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