Australia's fastest bowler Pat Cummins missed a century of wickets by one wicket in 2019. However, he became the highest wicket-taker in all formats. He took 5 wickets in the Boxing Day Test against New Zealand. This has brought him a total of 99 wickets this year (56 Tests, 31 ODIs, nine T20s). He has joined the list of players like veteran Kapil Dev, Terry Alderman, Glenn McGrath, Mitchell Johnson, with the most wickets in the last year of the decade. All of them had claimed the most wickets in the last year of every decade.
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Cummins is the first fast bowler to take the most wickets in a calendar year in the last 4 years. Before that, Mitchell Starc took 110 wickets for his country in 2015. For Australia, Mitchell Johnson took 113 wickets in 2009 and Glenn McGrath took 119 wickets in 1999. The record of taking the most wickets in a calendar year is still in the name of Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan (136, 2001).
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Jerks 5 wickets in Boxing Day Test: While Cummins gave New Zealand cheaply with 5 wickets in the first innings of the Melbourne Test match. Due to this, Australia managed to gain an edge and won. Due to the consistently strong performance of Cummins, he was recently bought by Kolkata Knight Riders with the highest amount of Rs 15.5 crore in the IPL 2020 auction. After which he has become the most expensive selling foreign player and bowler in the history of IPL.
