India fast bowler Umesh Yadav created history with the bat on Sunday as he set the new world record in Test cricket.
On Day 2 of the ongoing third Test between India and South Africa in Ranchi, Umesh scored 31 runs off just 10 deliveries.
During his short stay at the crease, the 31-year-old smashed 5 sixes against left-arm spinner George Linde and broke two records.
First, Umesh became the fastest player in the history of Test cricket to score 30 plus runs with the least amount of balls. With this, he broke Stephen Fleming’s record of scoring 31 runs in 11 balls which was set in 2004.
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5️⃣ sixes
3️⃣1️⃣ runsUmesh Yadav's cameo for India against South Africa was the fastest 30-plus score in Test history 💥#INDvSA pic.twitter.com/2VoGKgghCo
— ICC (@ICC) October 21, 2019
Secondly, he also recorded a strike rate of 310 with the bat in his innings, which is the highest in a 10 plus ball knock in Test history.
Umesh Yadav 31 runs off 10 balls – that's a strike rate of 310.00 – the highest SR in a 10+ ball innings in Test history. #IndvSA
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) October 20, 2019
In fact, Umesh also joined a rare list by smashing sixes off the first two balls he faced.
In the 142-year history of Test cricket, there are only two recorded instances of players hitting the first two balls of a Test innings for sixes prior to Umesh. Foffie Williams off the bowling of Jim Laker in 1948 and India’s Sachin Tendulkar against Nathan Lyon in 2013 achieved this feat.
Umesh’s innings included five sixes but no fours. This makes it the first-ever Test innings to witness five or more sixes without a four.
Even Twitter users were pretty happy with the six-hitting spree of Umesh and praised him on the social media platform.
Here are some of the best tweets:
Dressing room on their feet as @y_umesh goes BANG BANG!!
— Rajal Arora (@RajalArora) October 20, 2019
Power and more power 💪🏾 from the strong shoulders and wrists of @y_umesh. On a fairly big ground, his sixes have landed far into the stands. #INDvSA
— Moulin (@Moulinparikh) October 20, 2019
One of the finest innings i've saw in recent time by a bowler.
Zabardast Umesh!@y_umesh #INDvSA #UmeshYadav
— Keshav (@keshavtweets) October 20, 2019
When Lord Umesh Yadav Bats 😎😍
31(10) 🤗#RBCQuota 😌 pic.twitter.com/0E8Q8Htupj— Ro¢ky Edwαrd 🎩🎧 (@IAmRockyEdward) October 20, 2019
6,6,6,0,6,6. Umesh Yadav devouring Linde like I do Lindt chocolates.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) October 20, 2019
#INDvSA #umeshyadav
South african cricketers during umesh's strike 😎 pic.twitter.com/VJrkZ2Saiz— Pratik Pokharel (@ampratik19) October 20, 2019
Captain America (Kohli) to Hulk (Umesh) – SMASHHH!
Hulk obliges.
5 sixes in 9 balls.
— Nitin Srinivas (@snitinsrinivas) October 20, 2019
Start yadav
— Jofra Archer (@JofraArcher) January 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/sampath0272/status/1185843201497649153
https://twitter.com/Vampire_____01/status/1185873529423552512
Umesh Yadav : Just made my day..!! #INDvSA @umesh
— Karn (@01Karn) October 20, 2019
umesh yadav in today's inning as batsman #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/xyhZYLO3sm
— Engineers Inroom (@engineersinroom) October 20, 2019
31 off 10 @y_umesh bhaiiii kya shot! Jordar dumdar! #INDvSA #Cricket
— aashutosh vyas (@aashutoshvyas92) October 20, 2019
