The Indian cricket team broke many records and secured a comprehensive Test series victory against Bangladesh on Tuesday. With this win India sealed the series.
The game was disrupted due to heavy rain on day two and three. India pulled out a seven wicket win in a historic Test Match at Kanpur.
Indian bowlers made their mark, and wiped out team Bangladesh with 233 in the first innings. Jasprit Bumrah took the charge with spin duo R. Ashwin-Ravinder Jadeja to swing the match in India’s favour.
With this win India broke many records in its cricket history. It is for the first time in 85 years that Indian batting did not play a single maiden over in the whole match, which indicated the attacking approach to pass the lead to Bangladesh in day’s play.
In 1939, at the England South-Africa match at Durban, England won without playing a single maiden over in the match. Now India and England have become the only test teams in history of Test cricket who won the Test match without playing a single maiden over in the team innings.
After breaking multiple world records with their batting on Day 4, the hosts bowled out the visitors early on Day 5, and chased down a modest target of 95 with over a session to spare. Their aggressive batting style has led to the setting of a new 19-year-old world record.
The Indian team has established a new world record for the highest team scoring rate across both innings during their impressive victory in Kanpur. In the first innings, they scored 285/9 declared in just 34.4 overs, achieving a remarkable run rate of 8.22.
In the second innings, spearheaded by Yashasvi Jaiswal, they chased down the 95-run target in 17.2 overs at a run rate of 5.65. This results in a combined run rate of 7.36 across both innings, significantly surpassing the previous world record of 6.80 set by South Africa against Zimbabwe in 2005.
India has achieved an impressive streak of 18 consecutive Test series victories at home, starting with a clean sweep against Australia in 2013. The last team to beat India in a home Test series was England in 2012. Since their loss to South Africa during the 2021-22 series, India has not lost a Test series, either at home or abroad.
