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XtraTime Web Desk: After his debut back in 2013, India's ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah has kept improving each day. He has become world's one of the best fast bowlers and is regarded as the best bowler of death over as well. In many situations when India was in trouble he brought his team out of danger single handedly. Here we will talk about his 5 remarkable bowling spells across all formats. 5/27 vs Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI at Pallekele [caption id="attachment_89092" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Bumrah took five wickets against Sri Lanka.[/caption] It was Bumrah's best bowling figures and aloso his maiden 5-wicket haul as he single handedly destroyed Sri Lankan batting line-up. The Lankan batsmen didn't have any answer to Bumrah's fierce bowling. He got the crucial wickets of top order batsmen like Dickwella, Kusal Mendis & Lahiru Thirimanne. Among them Thirimanne was batting on 80 runs and could have taken the game away from India if Bumrah didn't take his wicket. The other two victims of Bumrah's bowling were Milinda Siriwardana & Akila Dhananjaya. Bumrah bowled with pace and got the most out of the pitch which was assisting the seamers a bit. He got the ball to move around as well as he shared the new ball with Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. 3/35 vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI at Delhi [caption id="attachment_89093" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Bumrah took 3 wickets in this match against New Zealand.[/caption] Though this time Bumrah left the game as a part of the losing side, but the lanky pacer did his part to restrict a top Kiwi batting side on just 242 runs. At that point of time he was used as an effective death bowler, and he did his job quite remarkably as he took the wickets of Devcich, Southee and Henry on a rather placid Delhi track. Bumrah's three wickets hauled New Zealand's momentum who looked set for a big total. 3/23 vs Australia, 1st T20I at Adelaide [caption id="attachment_89094" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Bumrah took 3 wickets at the Adelaide against Australia.[/caption] Bumrah proved that he can be very much lethal on away soil with a stupendous performance against the might Australia at Adelaide. Virat Kohli and other Indian batsmen did their part by posting a huge total of 188 after batting first on board. Virat Kohli played a terrific knock of 90 runs off just 55 deliveries. But on a rather flat track, a good start would have kept Australia in the game. However, Bumrah dismissed danger man David Warner early as Australia never had a chance to come back into the game. He then also got the better off James Faulkner and Cameron Boyce in the death overs to put the final nail on Australia's coffin. 5/7 vs West Indies, 1st Test at North Sound [caption id="attachment_89095" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Bumrah took 5 wickets in an innings in this match.[/caption] Jasprit Bumrah was going full throttle in the Test series against West Indies and finished the series with 13 wickets. In the opening Test, Bumrah toppled West Indies with his pace and took a five-for in just eight overs, bowling a spell of 8-4-7-5. His scalps included Kraigg Brathwaite, John Campbell, Darren Bravo, Shai Hope and Jason Holder. Bumrah took a hat-trick in the second Test but he has lauded for a five-for in just eight overs that included the wickets of WI's best batsmen. 9/86 vs Australia, 3rd Test at MCG [caption id="attachment_89096" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Bumrah took 9 wickets in this match against Australia.[/caption] It was a dream match for Jasprit Bumrah as well as Team India as they became the first Indian team to win a Test series on Aussie soil by beating them in the series. In the first innings Bumrah took 6 wickets to break the Australian batting order and in the second innings he took three wickets.In this spell, Bumrah got the wickets of Marcus Harris, Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh (twice), Travis Head, captain Tim Paine, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, and Josh Hazlewood. He became the Player-of-the-Match for his remarkable show in this match.