IND vs BAN | Twitter goes gaga as ‘Gambhir-Ball’ trumps ‘Bazball’ as India races to fastest hundred in Tests

ByArijit Kundu, SportsCafe Editor

09/30/2024

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‌Records are meant to be broken and so it was at the Green Park Stadium, Kanpur. Openers, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma enforced a carnage against the Bangladesh bowlers in the second session of the fourth day as they recorded the fastest fifty runs in an innings of Test cricket.

Bangladesh could add 126 runs on the fourth day, losing seven wickets - three of which were scalped by Jasprit Bumrah. In an attempt to surmount a 233 runs first innings score, Yashasvi Jaiswal kicked off the opening over with three back-to-back fours against Hasan Mahmud. Rohit Sharma joined him in the next over by pummeling consecutive sixes in the next deliveries to steer India to 29/0 by the second over. A couple of sixes and fours each followed from the Indian duo as they raced to the fifty runs mark in the third over itself, the fastest-ever in Test cricket.

While the Indian pair looked crystal clear with their intentions, Mehidy Hasan Miraz managed to get the better of Rohit in the fourth over with the score 55/1 in 3.5 overs. However, this didn’t bother Jaiswal who continued the run-scoring spree, racing to a 31-ball fifty in the ninth over. Gill played second fiddle to him as the Mumbai-based southpaw toyed with the opposition bowlers. A six down the ground on a fuller ball outside the off stump at the start of the tenth over helped India get to the 99-run tally by the tenth over before Jaiswal thrashed Hasan Mahmud for a boundary in the next ball to bring up the fastest 100 in Test cricket, in just 61 balls. The Twitterverse thoroughly enjoyed the entertainment in Kanpur and showered praise for Gambhir’s ploy, drawing comparisons with England’s Bazball strategy.

Starting with a bang

Rohit faced the first ball, stepped out, and hit it for a six , pure cinema 🦁🤍🔥 pic.twitter.com/ld0QMJx2na
— Manojkumar (@Manojkumar_099) September 30, 2024

Boom

SMASHING RECORDS

FASTEST Team Test Fifty

FASTEST Team Test Hundred pic.twitter.com/aqZYKgIw9x
— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) September 30, 2024

India!

Fastest team 100s in Test

10.1 overs - IND vs BAN, Kanpur 2024*

12.2 overs - IND vs WI, Port of Spain 2023

13.1 overs - SL vs BAN, Colombo SSC 2001#INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/EudVp3Mcct
— 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒔 (@Shebas_10dulkar) September 30, 2024

Lord for a reason

It never happened under Sehwag

It never happened under Lara

It never happened under Jayasuriya

It happened under Yashasvi Jaiswal

Fastest team 100 ever in Tests 🤯 pic.twitter.com/ZXbPuBjFap
— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) September 30, 2024

Fastest ever

Fastest team 100 ever in Tests - 10.1 overs.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) September 30, 2024

India rocks

Fastest team 50 & 100 in test cricket :

Fastest 50 : india in 3 overs vs ban today

Fastest 100 : india in 12.2 overs vs wi 2023

But but credit to bazball sir 😂😂
— Vishal (@Fanpointofviews) September 30, 2024

In just one innings

Fastest team 50.

Fastest team 100.

In just one innings!!!
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) September 30, 2024

Yup

You know you're on the path to greatness when you share the record of third fastest fifty by an Indian in test cricket with Lord Shardul Thakur.
— Manya (@CSKian716) September 30, 2024

T10 times

51 in 3 overs in Test 😭 Tf these guys are playing like T10 not even T20 🤣

Definitely should be the fastest 50 in Tests.
— arfan (@Im__Arfan) September 30, 2024

India on top