Published 11:52 IST, November 16th 2019
Ind vs Ban: India first team in Test history to score 4 consecutive individual double tons
Ind vs Ban: Mayank Agarwal scored a double ton which meant that this was the first instance of individual double hundreds for any team in four successive Tests.
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Mayank Agarwal continued his stellar run as India dominated Bangladesh in first Test of series at Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on Friday.
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Indian skipper Virat Kohli got out for a rare duck but or Indian batsmen made Bangladesh bowlers toil hard for wickets as Cheteshwar Pujara (54) and Ajinkya Rahane (86) scored fifties and Agarwal brought up his second double hundred in Tests.
Agarwal’s double hundred also meant that this was first instance of individual double hundreds for any team in four successive Tests.
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Indian batsmen create world record
Mayank had scored 215 against South Africa in first Test of three-match series which was his first double hundred in Test cricket. Kohli followed it up with an unbeaten 254 in second Test in Pune. Rohit Sharma was third batsmen to score a double ton when he hit 212 against Proteas in final Test.
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Agarwal perished after scoring an impressive 243 off 330 ball reby scoring India’s fourth individual double tons in as many Tests. He was also involved in two hundred-plus stands, 90-run partnership with Rahane and a 123-run partnership with Ravindra Jadeja and added 91 runs for second wicket while batting with Pujara.
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Agarwal was dropped when he was on 32 by Imrul Kayes on first day of first Test on Thursday and Karnataka man, made Bangladesh pay as he added 211 runs more before he eventually got out off Mehidy Hasan’s bowling.
right-handed batsman, who hit eight sixes and 28 fours to push India’s lead close to 300, was caught at deep mid-wicket by Abu Jayed trying to clear boundary.
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Meanwhile, India declared at 493/6. Bangladesh had a bad start to ir second innings as y were left reeling at 18/2 at time of writing this article. Bangla tigers w have a huge task of avoiding a defeat by an innings.
10:04 IST, November 16th 2019