Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah seems like a consternation for the Australian team that the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese jokingly urged to impose laws asking Bumrah either to bowl left handed or shorten a step. Ahead of the fifth Test of the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy, Albanese hosted the Indian cricket team on Wednesday. There he heavily praised Bumrah but jokingly demanded a change in his bowling style. As quoted by Sydney Morning Herald, Albanese said, “We could pass a law here that says he has to bowl left-handed or off one step. Every time he has come onto bowl has been very exciting." Watch the video of the Indian team getting greeted, here: #TeamIndia were hosted at the Kirribilli House by Hon. Anthony Albanese MP, Prime Minister of Australia @AlboMP on 1st January. Visuals from the team's visit 👌👌@HCICanberra pic.twitter.com/jx5ivBEOKs — BCCI (@BCCI) January 2, 2025 Albanaese later wrote on his social media, "The Australian and Indian teams have already given us an incredible summer of cricket. When the fifth test starts on Friday, the SCG will be a sea of pink in support of the great work of the McGrath Foundation. Go Australia." The Australian and Indian teams have already given us an incredible summer of cricket. pic.twitter.com/oqVDOOr5Bm — Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) January 1, 2025 Read also: Pat Cummins may miss Sri Lanka tour Bumrah Sets Record for Best Fast Bowler Performance in 2024 In 2024, he claimed 86 wickets in 21 matches, averaging 13.76 with a remarkable strike rate of 26.9. His 15 wickets in 8 T20Is came at an average of 8.26 and a strike rate of 11.8. Bumrah overtook the previous record-holder, Pakistan's Waqar Younis, who took 96 wickets in 28 matches at an average of 14.88 and a strike rate of 29.6 in 1990. Among the top 10 fast bowlers for most wickets in a calendar year, Younis appeared three times. South African legends Dale Steyn, Allan Donald, and Mkhaya Ntini are on the list alongside Australian present-day speedsters Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins. Bumrah is the lone Indian on this elite list. Jasprit Bumrah has been India's top bowler in the Border Gavaskar Trophy, taking 30 wickets in four matches at an average of 12.83 and a strike rate of 28.26. He is the leading Test wicket-taker of 2024 with 71 wickets and five five-wicket hauls, heading into the Sydney Test on January 3. Pacer For Year Matches Wickets Average Strike Rate Jasprit Bumrah IND 2024 21 86 13.76 26.9 Waqar Younis PAK 1990 28 96 14.88 29.6 Waqar Younis PAK 1993 30 91 19.21 30.7 Mitchell Starc AUS 2015 30 88 21.04 33.5 Mkhaya Ntini SA 2006 26 86 21.50 34.0 Dale Steyn SA 2013 26 85 16.54 34.4 Waqar Younis PAK 1996 41 87 23.79 35.1 Dale Steyn SA 2008 26 90 21.87 35.8 Allan Donald SA 1998 27 107 18.57 36.0 Pat Cummins AUS 2019 35 99 20.50 36.8