India Break Series Of Records With Emphatic Win In 2nd Test Vs Bangladesh
India's Record-Breaking Win Vs Bangladesh: India broke numerous records in their 2nd Test win against Bangladesh. Here are the details. Read below.
India's Record-Breaking Win Vs Bangladesh: In what was supposed to be a 'rain-affected match leading to a draw', India's brilliance turned the tables, as Rohit Sharma's men produced record-breaking performance to wrap up a memorable win inside Day 4 and 5 to seal the series 2-0.
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With the win, India have completed a series whitewash of Bangladesh and will now return to white-ball cricket action with three T20I's against the visitors.
𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙉𝙀𝙍𝙎!
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 1, 2024
Congratulations #TeamIndia on winning the #INDvBAN Test Series 2⃣-0⃣ 👏👏
Scorecard - https://t.co/JBVX2gyyPf@IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/9kylO8ON67
Captain @ImRo45 collects the @IDFCFIRSTBank Trophy from BCCI Vice President Mr. @ShuklaRajiv 👏👏#TeamIndia complete a 2⃣-0⃣ series victory in Kanpur 🙌
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 1, 2024
Scorecard - https://t.co/JBVX2gyyPf#INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/Wrv3iNfVDz
List Of Records Broken By India In 2nd Test Vs Bangladesh
It was not just any ordinary win for India, as they broke numerous individual and team records at Kanpur. Let's have a look:
1. Yashasvi Jaiswal was awarded the Player of the Match for scoring two fifties in the 2nd Test match, and in the process, became the first-ever Indian batsman to register half-centuries in less than 50 balls in both innings of a single Test match.
2. This was not the only record Yashasvi Jaiswal managed to break, as he now surpasses one of the all-time greats Sunil Gavaskar for most Test runs scored by an Indian cricketer in a calendar year before the age of 23. The left-handed batsman has scored 929 runs in 2024 compared to 918 of the Indian legend back in 1971.
3. India have now extended their historic Test series-winning streak at home to 18 with their latest 2-0 win against Bangladesh. Have a look at the all-time longest winning streaks:
- 18* | India (2013-2024)
- 10 | Australia (1994-2000)
- 10 | Australia (2004-2008)
4. India played merely 312 balls in the entire Test match vs Bangladesh to record a famous win. Here's a look at the list of teams who faced least amount of balls to win a Test match (both innings included):
- 278: England Vs West Indies, Barbados, 1935
- 281: India Vs South Africa, Cape Town, 2024
- 300: South Africa Vs Zimbabwe, Cape Town, 2005
- 312: India Vs Bangladesh, Kanpur, 2024
5. India and Bangladesh have recorded the highest-ever match run rate in Test match played on Indian soil. A total of 762 runs were scored in 173.2 overs, and with that, the overall run rate of the match was at 4.39, overtaking the previous best of 4.13 set by India and Sri Lanka at Chennai in 1982.
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