Day 2 of the fifth test match is going between India and England in Edgbaston Stadium Birmingham. On the first session of the day, Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah scored an unbeaten 31 off 16 balls while batting with a bang. During his innings, he completely Stuart Broad in an over. Stuart Broad conceded the most expensive over of Test cricket ever. He conceded 35 runs in this over.
Could you believe the batter involved in that record of the most expensive over in the history of 145 years of Test cricket is the number 10 batsman? Along with this, Jaspreet also broke the record of West Indies legend Brian Lara to score the most runs in an over in Tests.
Summary of the over
Broad came to the 84th over of the Indian innings and 35 runs were scored in that over. In which 29 runs were smashed by Bumrah’s bat and the remaining 6 runs came through extra. 29 of Jaspreet Bumrah’s 31 runs innings came from this over.
- First ball – Bumrah smashed a four.
- Second Ball – The second ball was thrown thrice because of illegal deliveries of a Wide and a No. The boundary also came wide and Team India got 5 runs. Stuart then bowled a no-ball. Bumrah smashed a six, then Bumrah scored a four too.
- Third ball – Jaspreet scored a brilliant boundary on the fine leg.
- Fourth ball- Bumrah smashed another four on this ball.
- Fifth ball – It seemed that Stuart’s ball was looking like a football to Jaspreet. Bumrah smashed again it for a six.
- Sixth Ball- Jaspreet Bumrah just Touched the ball for a single to keep strike in his hand for the next over.
Earlier the record was in the name of Brian Lara. Brian Lara has scored 28 runs in an over of Robin Peterson of South Africa during 2003-2004.
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