Indian batsmen scored runs at a rapid pace on the fourth day of the second Test against Bangladesh on Monday and made the record of scoring the fastest runs of 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250.
The Indian team, captained by Rohit Sharma, did such a feat in the second Test match being played against Bangladesh in Kanpur that had never happened before in the 147 years of cricket history. In fact, in this match being played at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, the Indian team created history in Test cricket by first scoring the fastest fifty and then completing the fastest century. Not only this, after this Rohit Sharma’s batsmen have also made the record of scoring the fastest 150, 200 and 250 runs.
Let us tell you that on the fourth day of the Kanpur Test, Bangladesh’s first innings was limited to 233 runs, after which Yashasvi Jaiswal and captain Rohit Sharma came to start the innings for Team India, both of these batsmen were troubling the Bangladesh bowlers from the very beginning. Scored 51 runs in just 3 overs. With this, the Indian team broke the record of England’s fastest fifty, which had crossed the 50-run mark in 4.2 overs against West Indies at Trent Bridge in July this year.
Fastest 100 runs: After the fastest fifty, the Indian team broke its own record by scoring 100 runs at the loss of 1 wicket in 10.1 overs. Earlier, India had scored the fastest 100 runs in 12.2 overs in the Port of Spain Test in 2023 against West Indies.
Fastest 150 runs: After the fastest 100, the Indian team completed 150 runs in just 18.2 overs. With this, India also broke the record of scoring the fastest 150 runs. Earlier this record was in the name of India only, which it had made against West Indies in 21.3 overs at Port of Spain in 2023.
Fastest 200 runs: After scoring the fastest 150 runs, the Indian batsmen touched the 200 run mark in 24.2 overs. By doing this, the Indian team broke Australia’s record which it had made in 28.1 overs in the 2017 Sydney Test against Pakistan.
Fastest 250 runs: After the fastest 200 runs, the Indian team also broke the record of fastest 250 runs. The team completed 250 runs in just 30.1 overs. In this case, the Indian team broke the record of England, which had scored 250 runs in 34 overs against Pakistan in Rawalpindi in 2022.
This record was registered in the name of Yashasvi Jaiswal. Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, who played an inning of 72 runs in India’s first innings in the Kanpur Test, completed his half-century in 31 balls. With this, he got his name registered in the list of legends like Rishabh Pant and Kapil Dev. Yashasvi has become the fourth batsman to score the fastest fifty for India in Test.
What happened in the match?
After not a single ball was bowled in Kanpur for the last two days due to rain, the match finally resumed on Monday. India declared its first innings at 285/9 after Bangladesh was all out for 233 runs. In this way India gained a lead of 52 runs over Bangladesh. Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bowled brilliantly as India restricted Bangladesh to 26 runs for two wickets at the end of the day’s play in the second innings. Bangladesh team is currently trailing by 26 runs. India’s eyes will now be on wrapping up the visiting team’s innings quickly on the last day of the match.
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