Stuart Broad was smashed for the most expensive over in Test cricket on Saturday. The English pacer gave away 35 runs in six balls against India in the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Like 2007, when Yuvraj Singh hit Broad for six maximums, the bowler faced the heat from an Indian. It was the team’s captain Jasprit Bumrah. While India’s bowling lead scored 29 runs from the bat against the 36-year-old, six came as extras – five wides and a no ball.
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It was deja vu was Broad. He had been hit for 36 runs during the 2007 T20 World Cup. Six maximums all over the ground. The bowler, a new face then, stood stunned. On Saturday, after Bumrah’s blitz hit him, Stuart Broad had the exact expression.
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Here is how the over played:
Ball 1: FOUR
Ball 2: Five wides
Ball 2: no ball + SIX
Ball 2: FOUR
Ball 3: FOUR
Ball 4: FOUR
Ball 5: SIX
Ball 6: 1 run
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Reacting to Bumrah’s carnage, Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar shared a photo of the Indian skipper swinging his bat at a bouncer, eyes closed
“Kya yeh Yuvi hai ya Bumrah?! 2007 ki yaad dila di (Is this Yuvraj or Bumrah? Reminded me of 2007),” Tendulkar wrote.
“It’s Broad getting Yuvified by Bumrah!” IPL team Chennai Super Kings tweeted.
“Remove your ‘Jasprit Bumrah’ mask and show us your face, Yuvraj Singh,” a Twitter user said.
Bumrah exploits took him a world record that stayed with the legendary Brian Lara for 18 years.
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Lara 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.