New Delhi. India took a strong hold against England in the fifth test match being played in Birmingham. The credit for putting India in a strong position goes to captain Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja. Where Pant and Jadeja scored centuries. At the same time, Jasprit Bumrah made a world record with his stormy batting. The Indian captain scored 29 runs in an over of Stuart over, which is the highest in Test history of 145 years. Jasprit Bumrah also broke Brian Lara’s world record for most runs in an over. Lara congratulated Bumrah on this by tweeting.
The fifth test match is being played between India and England in Birmingham. India had lost 5 wickets for 98 runs at one point in this match. But Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja made a great comeback for the team by scoring centuries. Rishabh Pant scored 146 and Ravindra Jadeja scored 104 runs. But the real miracle was shown by Captain Bumrah, who came to bat at number 10. This feat was shown in Stuart Broad’s over, in which he conceded 35 runs. In this over of Broad, Bumrah hit 4 fours and 2 sixes and took one run. Broad did not even give 6 extra in this over.
Former West Indies captain Brian Lara tweeted on this historic batting of Jasprit Bumrah. The superstar batsman of his time wrote, ‘Join me to congratulate Jasprit Bumrah, who scored the most runs in an over in a Test match. Well done!’ Batting explosively, Bumrah played an important innings of 31 not out in just 16 balls.
Cricket lovers know that before this the world record for scoring the most runs in an over in a Test match was in the name of Brian Lara. Lara scored 28 runs in an over in 2003, hitting 2 sixes and 4 fours. This was the new record for most runs in an over in a Test match at that time. Lara made this record in the over of Robin Peterson of South Africa. 10 years later, Australia’s George Bailey also equaled Lara’s record by scoring 28 runs in an over of James Anderson.
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Tags: Brian Lara, India Vs England, Jasprit Bumrah
July 03, 2022, 06:53 IST