IND vs ENG: 40 years ago Kapil Dev made the fastest fifty, still does not break the record

New Delhi. The fourth Test between India and England is being played at the Oval. On the first day, Team India was all out for 191 runs. Indian captain Virat Kohli has scored the second half-century of the series and the 27th half-century of his Test career. But Shardul Tagore’s batting has caught everyone’s attention more than his innings. Shardul came to bat at a time when Team India was struggling. His wickets fell and only 117 runs were added to the scoreboard. But Shardul, who returned to the team after an injury in this delicate event, did not lose courage and broke many records by scoring such a half-century.

Shardul completed his fifty with just balls1. However, he failed to break the record for the fastest fifty in former India captain Kapil Dev’s Tests. Kapil made the fastest fifty in Tests for India with just balls0. He achieved this feat against Pakistan in the 1982 Karachi Test. Hasn’t broken his record in 40 years. He made fifty off 33 balls against England in the same year.

Kapil has the charisma to make the fastest fifty in Tests for India. For the first time in 18 years, he made fifty off 33 balls against Pakistan. Virender Sehwag is also on the list. He completed 50 off 2 balls against England in 2008.

Shardul is the name of the fastest fifty in England’s Test
Indian fast bowler Shardul Kapil Dev could not break the record. But he must have broken the record for the fastest fifty in a Test in England. He completed 50 runs off balls1. This is the fastest Test fifty in England. Before Shardul, this record was in the name of Ian Botham. He hit a half-century off 32 balls against New Zealand in 1986. Interestingly, both fifty came to the Oval. Shardul made 57 off just balls.

He hit four fours and six sixes. That is, 46 runs were scored from the boundary. At this point, Shardul made an important partnership of 63 runs with Umesh Yadav for the 8th wicket. Thanks to this partnership, India could reach 191 runs.

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Shardul has run at 158 ​​over strike rate
Shardul scored 57 runs at a strike rate of 158.33. This is the second best strike rate of an Indian batsman in Tests (minimum 50 runs). Kapil Dev is in the first place. He scored a half-century against England in 1982 at a strike rate of 1 half1.11. Harbhajan Singh is in the third place. He completed his fifty in 2002 with a strike rate of 1 fifty5.4 against England. Mohammad Azharuddin (141.55) and then Kapil Dev (137.73) come fourth in the list.