India fast bowler Umesh Yada🌸v created history with the bat on Sunday as he s🍨et 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 deliverie𝓀s.
During his short stay at the crease, the 31-year-old smashed 5 sixes against left-arm spinner George Linde and broke two recor🐟ds.
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.
1️⃣0️⃣ balls
5️⃣ sixes
3️⃣1️⃣ runsUmesh Yadav's cameo for India against South Africa was the fastest 30-plus score in Test history 💥
— ICC (@ICC)
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.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
In fact, Umꩲesh 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 t🧔he social media platform.
Here are some of the best tweets:
Dressing room on their feet as goes BANG BANG!!
— Rajal Arora (@RajalArora)
Power and more power 💪🏾 from the strong shoulders and wrists of . On a fairly big g🍌round, his sixes have landed far into the ♏stands.
— Moulin (@Moulinparikh)
One of the finest innings i've saw in recent time by a bowler.
Zabardast Umesh!
— Keshav (@keshavtweets)
When Lord Umesh Yadav Bats 😎😍
31(10) 🤗 😌— Ro¢ky Edwαrd 🎩🎧 (@IAmRockyEdward)
6,6,6,0,6,6.ܫ Umesh Yadav devouring Linde like🥃 I do Lindt chocolates.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh)
South african cricketers during umesh's strike 😎— Pratik Pokharel (@ampratik19)
Captain America (Kohli) to Hulk (Umesh) – SMASHHH!
Hulk obliges.
5 sixes in 9 balls.
— Nitin Srinivas (@snitinsrinivas)
Start yadav
— Jofra Archer (@JofraArcher)
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Umesh Yadav : Just made my day..!!
— Karn (@01Karn)
umesh yadav in today's inning as batsman
— Engineers Inroom (@engineersinroom)
31 off 10 bhaiiii kya shot! Jordar dumdar!
— aashutosh vyas (@aashutoshvyas92)