India won the T20 World Cup three months ago, yet the batting unit still feels nostalgic and continues to play in the same style. In the 2^nd test of ongoing series with Bangladesh India openers hit the fastest team 50 & 100 in test cricket. The done this only in 18 balls & the brutal carnage is followed by the fastest team 100 in just 61 balls. Young opener Yashashvi Jaiswal set the tone in the very first over by hitting three boundaries. In the very next over, Captain Rohit Sharma cleared the intent with 3 sixes.  

With this, India established a new world record, surpassing England’s previous mark of 26 balls set against West Indies at Trent Bridge in July 2024. Rohit and Jaiswal got off to an explosive start, with Rohit scoring 19 runs in just six balls, while Jaiswal quickly amassed 30 runs from only 13 deliveries. 

Fastest team 50s in Test cricket (overs faced) 

• 18 Balls India vs Bangladesh 2024 Kanpur 

• 26 Balls England vs West Indies 2024 Nottingham 

• 27 Balls England vs South Africa 1994 The Oval 

• 30 Balls England vs Sri Lanka 2002 Old Trafford Manchester 

• 32 Balls Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 2004 Karachi 

Fastest team 100s in Test cricket (overs faced) 

• 10.1 India vs Bangladesh Kanpur 2024 

• 12.2 India vs West Indies Port of Spain 2023 

• 13.1 Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Colombo SSC 2001 

• 13.4 Bangladesh vs West Indies Mirpur 2012 

• 13.4 England vs Pakistan Karachi 2022 

• 13.4 England vs Pakistan Rawalpindi 2022 

• 13.6 Australia vs India Perth 2012 

Most sixes hit by a team in a calendar year 

• 90* India in 2024 

• 89 England in 2022 

• 87 India in 2021 

• 81 New Zealand in 2014 

• 71 New Zealand in 2013 

Fastest 50s for Indian Player in Tests (by balls faced) 

• 28 Rishabh Pant vs Sri Lanka Bengaluru 2022 

• 30 Kapil Dev vs Pakistan Karachi 1982 

• 31 Shardul Thakur vs England The Oval 2021 

• 31 Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Bangladesh Kanpur 2024 

• 32 Virender Sehwag vs England Chennai 2008 

Highest scoring rate in a partnership in Tests (50+ runs) 

• 14.34 Yashasvi – Rohit vs Bangladesh, Kanpur 2024 (55 off 23) 

• 11.86 Stokes – Duckett vs West Indies, Edgbaston 2024 (87* off 44) 

• 11.55 Wagner – Boult vs England, Leeds 2013 (52 off 27)