Jasprit Bumrah, the captain of India, surpassed the famous Brian Lara's record by one run when he battered the helpless Stuart Broad for 29 runs to set a new world record for the most runs scored in a single over in Test cricket. Lara held the global record for the longest time (18 years); in a Test match against South African left-arm spinner Robin Peterson in 2003–04, he scored 28 runs, including four fours and two sixes from six legal deliveries. George Bailey, a former Australia player, had also scored 28 in an over, but he lagged Lara in terms of the number of boundaries. In the 84th over of the Indian first innings in the fifth rescheduled Test here, Broad, who was previously blasted for six sixes in an over by Yuvraj Singh in the first World T20 in 2007, conceded 35. Six additional runs were made, with five wides and one no-ball. With four boundaries and two sixes off of 16 balls, the Indian captain was not out at 31.

Key Points

• Jasprit Bumrah, the captain of India, surpassed the famous Brian Lara's record by one run when he battered the helpless Stuart Broad for 29 runs to set a new world record for the most runs scored in a single over in Test cricket.

• With four boundaries and two sixes off of 16 balls, the Indian captain was not out at 31.