India brought up the team’s hundred in just 10.1 overs on Day 4 of the India vs Bangladesh 2nd Test at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, marking the fastest team hundred ever in the history of Men’s Test cricket. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal lightning fifty, in just 31 balls, was the key to India’s historic achievement. India went past their own record of the fastest Team hundred in Tests surpassing the record they created against West Indies in 2023 where they brought up 100 runs in just 12.2 overs at Port of Spain.
Here are the fastest team 100s in Test cricket (by overs faced), where ball-by-ball data is available:
1. 10.1 overs – India vs Bangladesh, Kanpur 2024
2. 12.2 overs – India vs West Indies, Port of Spain 2023
3. 13.1 overs – Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, Colombo SSC 2001
4. 13.4 overs – Bangladesh vs West Indies, Mirpur 2012
5. 13.4 overs – England vs Pakistan, Karachi 2022
6. 13.4 overs – England vs Pakistan, Rawalpindi 2022
7. 13.6 overs – Australia vs India, Perth 2012
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