India vs England 2022: Brian Lara congratulates Jasprit Bumrah for scoring the most runs in a single over in Tests. Cricket News – Times of India

Birmingham: West Indies Legendary Batsman Brian Lara congratulated Jasprit Bumrah After setting a world record 35 in Stuart Broad’s over on the second day of the rescheduled fifth Test against the stand-in India captain England Feather edgbaston,
Bumrah, who is India’s bowling leader, displayed his prowess with the bat as India’s tail recovered from an uncertain 98/5 of 98/5 in their first innings, helping the visitors post a total of 416 runs.
Two centuries from India’s first innings, Rishabh Pant (146) and Ravindra Jadeja (104) led a remarkable improvement with a record sixth-wicket haul of 222.
Bumrah (31* off 16 balls) scored 29 runs in the over bowled by Broad, while six runs came from extras. Lara conceded 35 runs in an over in a single Test match, surpassing the previous record (28 runs) held by George Bailey of Australia and Keshav Maharaj of South Africa.

“Join me in congratulating young @JaspritBumrah 93 for breaking the record for most runs in an over in Tests. Well done!” Lara tweeted.
Lara scored 28 runs over a Robin Peterson in 2003, while Bailey (2013) and Maharaj (2020) also shared the record.

Coming into the match, India took the lead on the second day of rain, with Bumrah excelling with the ball as well, taking three wickets to reduce the hosts to 84/5 at the end of the game on Saturday.
Jonny Bairstow (12*) and Ben Stokes (0*) will resume proceedings for England on Sunday.

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