India vs Bangladesh, Day-Night Test 2019, Day 2 Stat Highlights: Virat Kohli Scripts Records as Bowlers Tighten their Strings at Eden Gardens
The day two of the historic test match between India and Bangladesh belonged to the hosts as the batsmen and bowlers both dominated the game. Virat Kohli was the man of the moment as he etched a few records during the game who brought up his 27th century. This propelled the Indians to the score of 347 runs.
The day two of the historic test match between India and Bangladesh belonged to the hosts as the batsmen and bowlers both dominated the game. Virat Kohli was the man of the moment as he etched a few records during the game who brought up his 27th century. This propelled the Indians to the score of 347 runs and gave the visitors the lead of 241 runs. Before getting in details about the stats for day 2, let’s have a look at how the match panned out for both the teams.India Vs Bangladesh, Live Cricket Score 2nd Test Match.
The day started with Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli batting for India as they remained unbeaten on day one of the game. Rahane scored his 22nd half-century but the Indian cricket captain was unstoppable and was in the mood to put up a big total. If there was one word to describe the Indian captain, it was domination as he brought up his 27th half-century facing 161 balls. The Indians put up a total of 347 runs. It was Ishant Sharma who chipped in once again with four vital wickets as the Bangladeshi batsmen stepped on to bat. Umesh Yadav came up with a couple of wickets. Now, let's have a look at the stats of the match.
#Virat Kohli became the first Asian batsman to score a century in the pink ball test.
#Kohli became the surpassed Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting for being the fastest player to bring up the 70th international century. The Indian cricket captain took 439 innings to reach the total. Master Blaster took 505 innings whereas the Australian captain took 649innings to bring up his 70th international century.
# He also equalled the record of Ricky Pointing for scoring the most number of international centuries as a captain.
Coming back to the game, we are sure that the Indian bowlers would be looking forward to bundling out the visitors as early as possible. The Indians have already won the first game of the two-match Test series and have so far remained unbeaten in the World Test Championship.
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