India are on course to reach the World Test Championship final for a third successive time Second Test, Kanpur, day four of five Bangladesh 233 (Mominul 107*) & 26-2 (Ashwin 2-14) India 285-9 dec (Jaiswal 72, Rahul 68) Bangladesh trail India by 26 runs with 8 wickets remaining Scorecard India blitzed a number of batting records on the fourth day of the rain-hit second Test against Bangladesh in Kanpur. The hosts, who lead the two-match series 1-0, smashed the record for the fastest team to 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 in Tests as they racked up 285-9 declared off 34.4 overs in reply to Bangladesh’s 233 all out. There was still time left for India’s spin bowlers to reduce the tourists to 26-2 in their second innings – still 26 runs behind heading into the final day. It was India’s aggression with the bat which took the headlines – their first 50 came off just three overs, and beat their record in both one-day and T20 cricket. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal set the tempo with the fastest 50 by an India opener, eventually falling for 72 off 51. His fellow opener and captain Rohit Sharma hit his first two balls for six in his swashbuckling 23 off 11. Virat Kohli (47 off 35) and KL Rahul (68 off 43) also shone as Bangladesh struggled to stem the flow of runs. India’s run-rate of 8.22 was comfortably the highest of any team which has scored more than 200 runs – beating Australia’s 241-2 declared against Pakistan in 2017 into second place. It was also the earliest in terms of overs faced for an India first-innings declaration – the 34.4 overs easily beating the 89.4 overs they faced against the same opponents in Kolkata in 2019. It is India’s first Test series since the appointment of former opener Gautam Gambhir as head coach. Hampshire agree ‘dream’ takeover by IPL group Get cricket news sent straight to your phone Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable JavaScript in your browser Real in talks over finalising Alexander-Arnold signing My upbringing was characterised by fear – Ingebrigtsen Djokovic beats Musetti to reach Miami quarter-finals Uncovering the dark side of football hooliganism Remembering loved ones lost to Covid-19 Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on secret WW2 stories Can you sort the fact from the fiction? Which is the biggest football club in Britain? Six-way photo finish in 60m hurdles as Charlton wins gold. VideoSix-way photo finish in 60m hurdles as Charlton wins gold Four tactical lessons we learned from Tuchel’s first games How ‘free spirit’ Raducanu is thriving without coach In pictures: Sporting photos of the week ‘All the players just went ‘ooooh!’ – and he completely blanked me’ Video’All the players just went ‘ooooh!’ – and he completely blanked me’ Is Lawson in danger of being dropped after two races? Blood brothers – bonds and betrayal on a rugby pitch ‘A return to Scotland’s worst of times under Clarke’ ‘McLaren the class of the field but have hard tightrope to walk’ ‘Edwards the only candidate England should consider’ ‘If Big George hit you, you stayed hit’ – Foreman obituary Obituary: Eddie Jordan, the flamboyant deal-maker of Formula 1 Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.
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