In what can only be described as a stunning assault, India demolished the records for the fastest 50, 100, 150, and 200 team scores on Day 4 of the 2nd Test between India and Bangladesh at Green Park, Kanpur. After losing two days to rain, India came in hot on Day 4 to bowl out Bangladesh for 233 in their first innings and then the assault began.
Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal launched a blistering attack racing to 51 runs in just 3 overs (18 balls), setting a new world record for the fastest team fifty in Test cricket. They broke England’s previous record of a 26-ball fifty, set against the West Indies earlier this year at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
Jaiswal struck a hat-trick of boundaries in the opening over to accumulate 12 runs. The next over saw Rohit go off the mark with a gigantic six that flew over long-on and landed on the shamiana over the stands. The Indian captain followed it up with another maximum as his strike rate clocked 600.
Jaiswal ended the second over with a boundary behind square on the off-side while Rohit went on to add a third maximum of his innings as Hasan Mahmud returned into the attack. The young Indian opener then clobbered the fourth delivery over deep extra cover for a six before smashing 2 consecutive boundaries to script a world record.
Earlier in July, England raced to 50 in only 26 balls (4.2) overs, surpassing the previous recorded instant of a 27-ball fifty by them against South Africa at the Oval in 1994.
Fastest team hundred
While Rohit was cleaned up by Mehidy Hasan Miraz in the 4th over, Jaiswal continued punishing the Bangladesh bowlers. The 22-year-old opener notched up his half-century off just 31 balls as India went past the 100-run mark in just 61 balls (10.1 overs).
Team India shattered their own record of fastest team hundred, bettering the feat achieved last year against West Indies in Port of Spain.
Fastest team 100s in Test cricket (overs faced)
- 10.1: India vs Bangladesh, Kanpur 2024
- 12.2: India vs West Indies, Port of Spain 2023
- 13.1: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, Colombo SSC 2001
- 13.4: Bangladesh vs West Indies, Mirpur 2012
- 13.4: Eng vs Pakistan Karachi, 2022
Fastest to Reach Team 150
The onslaught did not stop there however, as the likes of Pant, Gill, and Kohli eventually, all kept the blitz going, reaching 150 in just 18.3 overs, the fastest to reach the score in Test cricket history as well.
They bettered the previous record of 21.1 overs, set by India themselves against West Indies in Port of Spain in 2023.
Fastest to Reach Team 200
By the 29th over, India had crossed the 200-run mark bettering Australia’s vs Pakistan in Sydney in 2017.
Fastest Team Totals in Test History
- 50 – India in 3 Overs (18 deliveries) vs Bangladesh, Kanpur, 2024
- 100 – India in 10.1 Overs (61 deliveries) vs Bangladesh, Kanpur, 2024
- 150 – India in 21.1 Overs (127 deliveries) vs Bangladesh, Kanpur, 2024
- 200 – India in 25 Overs (150 deliveries) vs Bangladesh, Kanpur, 2024
- 250 – India in 30.1 Overs (181 deliveries) vs Bangladesh, Kanpur, 2024
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