Team India sets new world records: Fastest 50, 100, and 200 in Test cricket history

New Delhi: The Indian cricket team delivered a sensational batting display, shattering five world records on Day Four of the second Test against Bangladesh in Kanpur on Monday. Yashasvi Jaiswal top-scored with seventy two, while KL Rahul added a rapid sixty eight, leaving fans and experts in awe. India’s opening duo, Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal, showcased their aggressive approach from the very first ball, hitting boundaries and sixes with ease. They reached the 50-run milestone in only three overs, setting the tone for India’s record-breaking innings.

This marked the first time in Test cricket history, since data collection began, that a team scored 50 runs in the first three overs of an innings.

Previously, England held the record for the fastest fifty in Test cricket, achieving it in 26 balls. Alternatively, India shattered that record by a massive margin, reaching the team half-century in only 18 balls. England had set the record earlier this year against West Indies at Trent Bridge.

India’s previous fastest team fifty in Test cricket changed into achieved against England in Chennai back in 2008. In that match, the Indian team reached the 50-run mark in 5.2 overs.

Fastest team fifty in Test cricket:

three.zero Overs – India vs BAN, Kanpur, 2024

Four.2 Overs – England vs WI, Nottingham, 2024

Four.three Overs – England vs SA, The Oval, 1994

Four.6 Overs – England vs SL, Manchester, 2002

5.2 Overs – Sri Lanka vs PAK, Karachi, 2004

5.three Overs – India vs ENG, Chennai, 2008

5.three Overs – India vs WI, Port of Spain, 2023

India went on to interrupt the sector record for the fastest team hundred in Test cricket, reaching the 100-run mark in only 61 balls (10.1 overs). This unprecedented feat surpassed their previous record of scoring a team century in 12.2 overs against West Indies in 2023.

Fastest team hundreds in Test cricket history:

12.2 Overs – Ind vs WI Port of Spain 2023

13.1 Overs – SL vs Ban Colombo SSC 2001

13.Four Overs – Ban vs WI Mirpur 2012

13.Four Overs – Eng vs Pak Karachi 2022

13.Four Overs – Eng vs Pak Rawalpindi 2022

13.6 Overs – Aus vs Ind Perth 2012

Team India also shattered the record for the fastest One hundred fifty in Test cricket history, achieving the milestone in only 18.2 overs. In doing so, India surpassed their very own previous record of reaching One hundred fifty runs in 21.1 overs, set against West Indies in Port of Spain in 2023.

The Rohit Sharma-led side continued their aggressive approach, setting yet the opposite record by scoring the fastest 200 in Test cricket history. India reached the double-century mark in only 24.Four overs, breaking Australia’s previous record of 28.1 overs, achieved against Pakistan in Sydney in 2017.

All of the way at some point of the thirtieth over, India shattered yet the opposite record by reaching the 250-run mark within the fastest time in Test cricket history, accomplishing the feat in only 30.Four overs. This surpassed England’s previous record of 33.6 overs set against Pakistan in Rawalpindi in 2022, where ball-by-ball data is handy to purchase.