As Team India broke the global record for the fastest team fifty in Test cricket, Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal hammered Bangladeshi bowlers all over the field.
On the fourth day of the second Test in Kanpur, India’s opening batsmen, Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal, broke the global record for Test cricket as they came out to bat against Bangladesh. Following their first-inning 233-run wicket-taking of Bangladesh, Rohit and Jaiswal displayed their aggressive intent from the very first delivery, hitting the opposition’s bowlers all over the field. With three overs remaining, Rohit and Jaiswal reached the fifty-run threshold primarily with fours and sixes. It was the first time in Test cricket history that a team had scored 50 runs in the first three overs since the sport’s data collection started.
Formerly, England’s 26-ball fifty-ball record was the fastest in Test cricket history. Nevertheless, the Indian side broke the record by a significant amount, scoring a team half-century in just 18 balls. Earlier this year at Trent Bridge, England had set a record against the West Indies.
In Chennai in 2008, India’s fastest team fifty came against England. In the encounter, the Indian team had achieved the fifty-run mark in 5.2 overs.
Fastest Team Fifty In Test Cricket:
3.0 Overs – India vs BAN, Kanpur, 2024
4.2 Overs – England vs WI, Nottingham, 2024
4.3 Overs – England vs SA, The Oval, 1994
4.6 Overs – England vs SL, Manchester, 2002
5.2 Overs – Sri Lanka vs PAK, Karachi, 2004
5.3 Overs – India vs ENG, Chennai, 2008
5.3 Overs – India vs WI, Port of Spain, 2023
India went on to beat their own record and break the global record for the fastest team hundred in Test cricket, reaching the triple digits in just 61 balls (10.1 overs). In 2023, India had previously amassed a team century in 12.2 overs against the West Indies.
Fastest Team Hundreds In Test History:
10.1 Overs – Ind vs Ban Kanpur 2024
12.2 Overs – Ind vs WI Port of Spain 2023
13.1 Overs – SL vs Ban Colombo SSC 2001
13.4 Overs – Ban vs WI Mirpur 2012
13.4 Overs – Eng vs Pak Karachi 2022
13.4 Overs – Eng vs Pak Rawalpindi 2022
13.6 Overs – Aus vs Ind Perth 2012
In Test cricket, the traditional form of the game, the aggressive exploits of the English cricket team have earned them the moniker ‘Bazball’ for their style of play. But Team India demonstrated in the first three overs of their match against Bangladesh that they can bat in any gear, depending on the circumstances of the game.
Earlier on the fourth day of the second Test, India bowled Bangladesh out for 233 in their opening innings. At 107, Mominul Haque was still undefeated as Bangladesh amassed their runs in 74.2 overs.
After lunch, Bangladesh resumed at 205 for 6, having lost four wickets and amassed just 28 runs.
Jasprit Bumrah (3/50) took three wickets for India, while Mohammed Siraj (2/57), Ravichandran Ashwin (2/45) and Akash Deep (2/43), together took six wickets. 300 Test wickets were taken by Ravindra Jadeja.
