India vs. Bangladesh: In spite of two days being ruined by rain and inadequate drainage, India’s batsmen produced brilliant shots on Day 4 in Kanpur, making them the fastest team in Test cricket history to reach 50, 100, and 200.
Kanpur saw a flood of runners once it started to rain.
Every time the two senior Indian batters put the ball away into the boundary, the chants at Green Park Stadium intensified, “Rohit bhaiya aaram se, Virat bhaiya aaram se.” All the Indian hitters, especially No 9 Akash Deep, who smoked two sixes, received a standing ovation from the Kanpur audience. The stadium’s maximum audience, who had been disappointed by bad weather and poor drainage over the past several days, was in for a treat when India’s batters used their winning T20 World Cup batting approach to make the game exciting.
Manoj Gupta, a Kanpur local who purchased tickets for all five days, is not interested in receiving a refund for the two days when the rain caused his tickets to be washed out. Our refund has been received. The frustration of having to wait in the stands for no cricket has subsided thanks to Rohit Sharma and company’s entertainment package, he remarked.
India attacked Bangladesh right from the start. To spice up the game, openers Rohit Sharma struck 19 off six balls and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 30 off 13 balls. Before Sharma was dismissed for 23 off 11 balls, they put up 55 runs for the first wicket in just 23 balls. Jaiswal opened the scoring with three consecutive boundaries, and Rohit warmed up with two consecutive sixes.
India attacked Bangladesh right from the start. To spice up the game, openers Rohit Sharma struck 19 off six balls and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 30 off 13 balls. Before Sharma was dismissed for 23 off 11 balls, they put up 55 runs for the first wicket in just 23 balls. Jaiswal opened the scoring with three consecutive boundaries, and Rohit warmed up with two consecutive sixes.
India finished with 285 for 9 declared in 34.4 overs, recording the highest run-rate ever for a test innings with 200+ runs at an average of 8.22 per over. The Indian squad also set a number of records, being the fastest in men’s Test history to reach the 50, 100, and 200. India broke the previous best mark of England (26 balls) earlier this year in Nottingham against the West Indies, reaching fifty in just 18 deliveries. In 10.1 overs, India achieved the triple-figure mark, bettering their own record established in Port of Spain in 2023 against the West Indies. In 24.2 overs, India passed the 200-run threshold, shattering Australia’s record for the fastest 200, set against Pakistan in the Sydney Test in
Change from T20
India’s batting strategy for the 2024 T20 World Cup, according to former batting coach Vikram Rathour, was to go all out from ball one, regardless of the circumstances. He has stated to this newspaper, “We wanted to keep attacking.”
It seems as though Rohit Sharma and company borrowed a page from their T20 hitting style on Monday.
