2024-10-01 21:16:36
Kanpur: Star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin put India in a strong position by taking two wickets of Bangladesh before the end of the fourth day of the rain-affected second cricket test and now there is hope of getting a result on the last day too, but the story is not as simple as it seems. It is visible. The fourth day’s play was full of excitement. India batted in T-20 style. Many records were broken one after the other, let us tell you what happened on the fourth day of play?
India has a lead of 26 runs
The match started on the fourth day after no play on the second and third days due to rain and wet outfield. Bangladesh scored 233 runs in the first innings with the help of Mominul Haq’s century, after which India, batting in T-20 style, declared the first innings at 285 runs for nine wickets. In reply, at the end of the fourth day’s play, Bangladesh lost two wickets for 26 runs and is still 26 runs behind India’s first innings score.
India batting in T-20 style in Test
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 72 runs in 51 balls for India. India completed fifty runs in the third over itself. Jaiswal hit 12 fours and two sixes in his innings. He added 72 runs with Shubman Gill for the second wicket. Gill became the victim of Shakib after scoring 39 runs, whose catch was caught by Mahmood. KL Rahul scored 68 runs in 43 balls.
Record of fastest 50, 100, 150 and 200
By scoring 50 runs in the very third over, India broke the record of England’s fastest team half-century which was scored in 4.2 overs against West Indies at Trent Bridge in July this year. India improved its own record by completing 100 runs in the 11th over. India reached the fastest triple digit score in 12.2 overs in the Port of Spain Test in 2023 against West Indies. After this, India broke Australia’s record of fastest 200 runs which it had made in the 2017 Sydney Test against Pakistan. India scored 200 runs in just 24.2 overs.
Virat Kohli’s 27 thousand international runs
Kohli scored 47 runs in 35 balls, which included four fours and a six. During this innings, Kohli became the fourth batsman to cross the mark of 27,000 runs in all formats of international cricket. In this list, Sachin Tendulkar (34,357), Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (28,016) and Australia’s Ricky Ponting (27,483) are at third place.
Jadeja’s 300 wickets + 3000 runs
Earlier, for India, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah took three wickets while Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep and R. Ashwin took two wickets. Ravindra Jadeja became the seventh Indian bowler to take 300 wickets when he took the wicket of Khalid Mahmood. He also became the second fastest player after England’s Ian Botham to complete 300 Test wickets and 3000 Test runs.