Indian Cricket Team
Indian Cricket Team: The second test match is being played between India and Bangladesh. In the Test, Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first. Only 35 overs could be played in the match on the first day. After this, rain remained the villain for two days and the match was stopped. On the fourth day, Bangladesh players had no success against the Indian bowlers and the entire team was reduced to 233. After this, Indian batsmen played Test cricket like T20 cricket and scored runs at a fast pace.
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored half century in just 31 balls
All the batsmen from the Indian team started playing aggressive strokes against the Bangladeshi bowlers as soon as they came to the crease. Young opener batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a half-century in just 31 balls. He has become the third fastest batsman from India to score a half-century. He scored 72 runs in just 15 balls, in which he hit 12 fours and two sixes. Apart from him, Rohit Sharma scored 23 runs in just 11 balls.
KL Rahul played an inning of 68 runs
These players Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul also presented excellent batting examples. Rahul scored 68 runs in 43 balls, Kohli scored 47 runs in 35 balls and Gill scored 39 runs in 36 balls. Even when fast bowler Akashdeep came to bat, he scored 12 runs in 5 balls, which included two sixes. It was because of these players that Team India declared its innings after scoring 285 runs. The Indian team got a lead of 52 runs on the basis of first innings.
Team India scored runs at a run rate of 8.22.
Team India scored 285 runs in 34.4 overs and scored runs at a run rate of 8.22 in the innings. The Indian team has destroyed Australia’s record. In 2017, Australia scored 241 runs in 32 overs at a run rate of 7.53 in a Test innings against Pakistan. In the year 2022, England scored 264 runs against Pakistan in 35.5 overs at a run rate of 7.36. Here we are talking about those matches regarding run rate. When a team has scored 200 plus runs in a test innings.
Highest run rate in a Test innings (200+ runs)
- 8.22 India vs Bangladesh, 2024 (285 runs in 34.4 overs)
- 7.53 Australia vs Pakistan, 2017 (241 runs in 32 overs)
- 7.36 England vs Pakistan, 2022 (264 runs in 35.5 overs)
- 6.80 South Africa vs Zimbabwe, 2005 (340 runs in 50 overs)
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