India continued their dominant position on the day 2 of the historical Test match against Bangladesh at Hyderabad. Starting on their overnight score 356/3, India put a mammoth 687/6 before making declare their innings.

In reply, Bangladesh were 41/1 at the stumps of the day. They were behind 646 runs from India’s first innings total.

Brief Scores: India – 687/6 decl. (Virat Kohli 204, Murali Vijay 108, Taijul Islam 3/156)

Bangladesh – 41/1 (Tamim Iqbal 24*, Soumya Sarkar 15, Umesh Yadav 1/2)

Here are some statistical highlights of day 2 of the only Test:

Beginning the day with overnight score 111, Indian captain Virat Kohli completed his double-century as he was finally dismissed on 204 runs. Here are some important stats of this innings:

i) Virat Kohli completed his double-century in 239 balls. It is the 2^nd fastest Test double-century by an Indian skipper. Former Indian skipper MS Dhoni is the record-holder of fastest Test double-century as an Indian skipper while he had completed his double-century in 231 balls against Australia at Chennai in 2013.

ii) It was Virat Kohli’s 4^th double-century in his Test career and 3^rd Test double-century in the current season (2016-17). As a Test captain, it is the most no.of Test double-centuries in a season. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli also became the 5^th Test captain to score more than 3 double-centuries in overall career. The other 4 Test captains to achieve this feat were: Brian Lara (West Indies, 5 times), Michael Clarke (Australia, 4 times), Graeme Smith (South Africa, 4 times) and Don Bradman (Australia, 4 times).

iii) It was the 4 successive Test series where Indian skipper Virat Kohli scored double-century. It was the first time ever a batsman has scored double-centuries in more than 3 successive Test series. Former Indian batsman Rahul Dravid and legendary Australian batsman Sir Donald Bradman had hit double-centuries in 3 successive Test series.

iv) It was the third Test double-centuries by a skipper against Bangladesh. The two other Test double-centuries as a captain against Bangladesh were: 232 by Graeme Smith (South Africa) at Chittagong in 2008 and 202 by Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) at Chittagong in 2004.

v) It was the second Test double-century by an Indian batsman against Bangladesh. Indian legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar was the first Indian to hit a Test double-century against Bangladesh and that was at Dhaka in 2004 where Sachin remained unbeaten on 248 runs.

At the end of India’s first innings, Virat Kohli scored total 1,168 runs in the ongoing Test season. Here are some important stats of this innings:

i) It is the most runs scored by an Indian batsman in a home Test season. The previous record holder was Virender Sehwag with 1,105 runs in 2004/05 home Test season.

ii) Currently, it is the 4^th most runs scored by a Test skipper in a season. The top 3 batsmen in this list are: Australia Ricky Ponting (1,483 runs in 2005/06), West Indian Brian Lara (1,253 runs in 2003/04) and Australian Michael Clarke (1,178 runs in 2012/13).

iii) Currently, it is also the 5^th most runs scored by an Indian batsman in a Test season. The top 4 batsmen in this list are: Gautam Gambhir (1,269 runs in 2008/09), Rahul Dravid (1,241 runs in 2003/04), Mohinder Amarnath (1,182 runs in 1982/83) and Sunil Gavaskar (1,179 runs in 1978/79).

Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha hit a great century as he scored an unbeaten 106 runs. It was the first ever Test century by an Indian wicketkeeper-batsman against Bangladesh. The previous highest Test innings score by an Indian wicketkeeper-batsman against Bangladesh was 89 by MS Dhoni at Dhaka in 2010.

Also it was the 2^nd Test century for Wriddhiman Saha and both were as a wicketkeeper-batsman. Saha became the 5^th Indian wicketkeeper-batsman to score more than one Test century. The other four Indian wicketkeeper-batsman to achieve this feat are: MS Dhoni (6 Test centuries), Farokh Engineer (2 Test centuries), Syed Kirmani (2 Test centuries) and Budhi Kunderan (2 Test centuries).

Indian batsmen Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane put a brilliant 222-runs partnership for the 4^th wicket. It is the third highest 4^th wicket Test partnership for any team against Bangladesh.

Also it is India’s joint third highest Test partnership for any wicket against Bangladesh.

India made a total of 687/6 before announcing declare their innings. Here are some important stats of this mammoth innings:

i) It is the 2^nd highest Test total (in an innings) by any team against Bangladesh. The highest Test total (in an innings) by any team against Bangladesh is 730/6 decl. by Sri Lanka at Dhaka in 2014.

ii) It is India’s 5^th highest Test total (in an innings).

iii) It was the 3^rd consecutive Test innings when India made 600+ total. It is the first ever in Test history where a team made 600+ total in more than 2 consecutive innings.

Total 6 Indian batsmen scored 50+ runs in the first innings (Murali Vijay 108, Cheteshwar Pujara 83, Virat Kohli 204, Ajinkya Rahane 82, Wriddhiman Saha 106* and Ravindra Jadeja 60*). It is the third time when 6 batsmen scored 50+ runs in a Test innings against Bangladesh.

Also, it is the 6^th time for India when their 6 batsmen scored 50+ runs in a Test innings.

However, it is the very first time for India when their 6 Indian batsmen scored 50+ runs in a Test innings against Bangladesh.

Total five Bangladeshi bowlers conceded 100 or more runs each during India’s first innings. It is the 7^th time in Test history when 5 bowlers conceded 100 or more runs each in the same Test innings. There are no such incidents where more than 5 bowlers conceded 100 or more runs each in the same Test innings.

Meanwhile, it is the very first time in Bangladesh cricket when their 5 bowlers conceded 100 or more runs each in the same Test innings.