India create HISTORY with dominating victory over Bangladesh, achieve this unique FEAT
India made history by becoming the first team to win a Test match, despite losing two full days to rain, with a record-breaking run rate of 7.36 in their 2-0 whitewash over Bangladesh.
India came back to Test cricket after an eight-month gap, wining the Bangladesh to whitewash 2-0 series. There became a great deal of commotion for the 2d Test as India lost two days in play end results of the rain but however it defeated Bangladesh at Dhaka by 7 wickets. The reason behind this victory also being history became because India prove to be the first team of Test cricket history that had been established over 147 years to win the Test match where two full days were entirely washed away.
India scored 289/9 in barely 34.four overs of the first innings and chased down a target of ninety five in barely 17.2 overs of the 2d innings. Their combined run rate across both innings has been a staggering 7.36, marking the absolute best ever attained run rate through both innings of a Test match. Or not it's likewise the first that a team is playing over 7 runs combined at some point of both innings.
The previous record for the absolute best combined run rate in a Test match became held by South Africa, who achieved a run rate of 6.80 in both innings against Zimbabwe in 2005 at Cape Town.
Teams with absolute best run rate in both innings of a Test match combined:
7.36 – India vs Bangladesh, Kanpur, 2024
6.80 – South Africa vs Zimbabwe, Cape Town, 2005
6.seventy three – England vs Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2022
6.forty three – England vs Ireland, Lord’s, 2023
5.seventy three – England vs Bangladesh, Chester-le-Side road, 2005
Heavy rains at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium heavily disrupted the 2d test between India and Bangladesh as only 35 overs were bowled on Day 1, Day 2 became completely washed out without one single ball being bowled and Day 3 got no play either.
Bangladesh had been bowled out for 233 within the first innings with Mominul Haque scoring century and three wickets taken by Jasprit Bumrah. In return, the Indian team began attacking and reached 289/9 with 0.5-centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul, to declare the innings. In doing this, records were marked by India of entering the record books the fastest to score 50, 100, 100 and fifty, 200, and 250 runs in a Test match.
In their 2d innings, Bangladesh were bowled out for 146, with Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, and Ravichandran Ashwin each and each taking three wickets. India needed just ninety five runs to win and chased it down in 17.2 overs, securing a 7-wicket victory and completing a 2-0 whitewash over Bangladesh.
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