Stuart Broad 2007 T20 World Cup (left), Bumrah and Yuvraj (centre), Stuart Broad Birmingham Test 2022 (right)
Reflexes
- Jasprit Bumrah scored 35 runs in an over of Stuart Broad
- Broad’s staggering record of playing the most expensive bowls in Test cricket
- Broad (and Akila Dhananjay) also hold the record for most runs in an over in T20Is.
Jasprit Bumrah stuns at Edgbaston with the bat before striking out with the ball in the Birmingham Test against England. He didn’t even let England legend Stuart Broad celebrate his 550 Test wickets properly. Bumrah, who captained India in this match, had a total of 35 runs, including 29 with the bat and 6 extra in one on Broad. While it was the costliest over in Test cricket history, he surpassed Brian Lara for the most runs scored by a batsman in an over.
While Stuart Broad probably still couldn’t forget Yuvraj Singh’s 6 sixes in 2007, Bumrah emerged as another nightmare for him. Broad is the second biggest run receiver in T20 cricket after Akila Dhananjay. So, in Test cricket, he too has become the most expensive bowler to bowl. On social media, users fiercely criticized Broad. During this, more than one funny meme also started to go viral.
Even Stuart Broad’s photo from 15 years ago and today’s photo together started to go viral. Former cricketers Wasim Jaffer and Virender Sehwag also really enjoyed sharing the memes. Along with this, Yuvraj Singh’s six sixes video also started going viral on social media. It is worth noting that in the first T20 World Cup in 2007, Yuvraj Singh scored 36 runs over Broad by hitting six sixes.
See more than one funny memes here
How did Broad’s happiness turn to sadness at the Birmingham exam?
While Stuart Broad celebrated his 550th wicket by dismissing Mohammed Shami in one of his overs, Jasprit Bumrah emerged as a nightmare for him in the next over. Bumrah hit four fours and two sixes in this over. The Indian captain scored 29 runs in this over with the bat drawing a single off the last ball. Apart from this, Broad gave up 5 runs in this over from the open fours and bowled a noball in which Bumrah scored a six. In this way, Broad made an embarrassing world record and Bumrah became the top run-scorer in a test of cricket, beating Brian Lara.
