Test cricket in this English summer seems to have gone bonkers. Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah, known more for his penetrative seam bowling, smashed the batting record owned by a certain Brian Charles Lara of hitting the most runs in an over. Lara had carted South African left-arm-spinner Robin Peterson for 28 in an over in Johannesburg in 2003.
Current Aussie chief selector George Bailey too had smashed James Anderson for 28 in an over as did Keshav Maharaj, when he bulldozed Joe Root for 28 in 2020.