India's stand-in Test skipper Jasprit Bumrah's unbelievable feat in the final Test against England has left the former India head coach Ravi Shastri stunned.
Bumrah belted Stuart Broad for 29 runs to make a world record for the most runs scored off a single over in Test cricket on the second day of the rescheduled fifth Test against England at Edgbaston on Saturday.
Broad, who had also been hit for six sixes in an over by Yuvraj Singh in the inaugural World T20 in 2007, gave away 35 in the 84th over of the Indian first innings in the fifth rescheduled Test here. There were six extra runs — five wides and a no-ball.
Ravi Shastri after Bumrah’s record -“Now don’t tell me I was again on the mic, when 35 runs was scored. I thought I’d seen it all, but not really, you know 36 from your Yuvraj (Singh, 36 I hit myself. And today what I saw was bizarre. It’s something we would have never imagined the world record from Jusprit Bumrah, batting at number 10 as captain of India for the first time… going past Lara George Bailey Keisha Maharaj. 29 from the over the bowler the same, who Yuvraj hit for six sixes, Stuart Broad, going for that many. And the entire over went for 35, which is again a world record, the previous highest was 28. So you know, you feel you’ve seen everything but you must realise you’re still a student in the game. Something would surprise you on another day, but what I saw today was something absolutely bizarre, you know, Jasprit Bumrah breaking the world record of getting 29 off his bat in at 35 run over."
Bumrah surpassed the legendary Brian Lara's feat by one run.
The world record stayed with Lara for 18 years, he had hit South African left-arm spinner Robin Peterson for 28 runs in a Test match in 2003-04, which included four fours and two sixes off six legal deliveries.
Former Australia player George Bailey had also scored 28 in an over but he was behind Lara in terms of boundary count.
It started with a mistimed hook that went for a boundary, and in frustration, Broad bowled a bouncer that went for five wides.
The next ball was again dug in short and another top-edge got Bumrah seven runs, including a no-ball.
The next three balls were hit for boundaries in different directions, one through mid-on, one through fine leg and the last one through mid-wicket.
To add insult to his injuries, Bumrah did the proverbial "Bazball" (English cricket's current buzzword that lays emphasis on the attacking intent brought about by new coach Brendon McCullum) with a six over deep mid-wicket.
Most runs off an over in Test cricket
35 runs - Jasprit Bumrah off Stuart Broad, Birmingham 2022
28 runs - Brian Lara off Robin Peterson, Johannesburg 2003
28 runs - George Bailey off James Anderson, Perth 2013
28 runs - Keshav Maharaj off Joe Root, Port Elizabeth 2020
Later, Bumrah was dismissed after scoring 31 off 16 which was loaded with four boundaries and two maximums.
Taking about the match, riding on Rishabh Pant (146) and Ravindra Jadeja's (104) stunning centuries, India posted a huge total of 416 before England on Day 2.
