Jasprit Bumrah reminds Stuart Broad of 2007 World Cup, hits 35 runs

As soon as the game started on Saturday morning, England made preparations to send India’s lower order back to the pavilion. They must have planned to restrict India to less than 400. The second new ball was only a few overs old, and James Anderson had just dismissed centurion Ravindra Jadeja. When Stuart Broad started the 84th over of the innings, India scored 377 for 9. In front was India’s new captain Jasprit Bumrah and he did a feat that Broad would not have imagined even in his dreams.

Broad went on to bowl the short ball and Jasprit Bumrah went on to score runs like de Villiers. It ended what seemed like after an age, with a record 35 runs out of it – including a no-ball and a wide – for a new record in Test cricket. This was not the first time that an Indian player had smashed Broad for breaking the record for most runs in an over; Yuvraj Singh hit six consecutive sixes against Broad in the 2007 T20 World Cup, which is a record.

When Broad started the 84th over of the innings, India were at 377-9, with Jasprit Bumrah joining No.11 Mohammad Siraj after Ravindra Jadeja’s departure. In the next six balls (and two extra balls), India scored 35 runs, sending Broad to the top of the list of most expensive overs in Test cricket. India’s stand-in captain Bumrah hit four fours and two sixes during the incredible attack, helped with five wides and a no-ball, which was on top for six behind the wicket.

With 35 overs, Broad put up a combined score of 28 runs in an over from Robin Peterson, James Anderson and Joe Root against West Indies’ Brian Lara (2003), Australia’s George Bailey (2013) and South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj. left back. Bumrah now leads the list of most runs in a Test over with 29 runs to his name.

A few overs ago, Broad took his 550th Test wicket. Now he is just 13 wickets behind Glenn McGrath. James Anderson also once took five wickets in an innings, his sixth against India and 32 five-wicket haul in Test career.