After eight months, India made a grand announcement about their comeback to Test cricket. They defeated Bangladesh 2-0 in the series and won the last Test at the Green Park International Stadium in Kanpur by a margin of seven wickets.

Yashasvi Jaiswal had been in outstanding form throughout the contest, reaching fifty points quickly in each of the two innings of the game that was cut short by rain. The youthful left-handed opener really set a record and accumulated a total that no other Indian has ever accomplished in the WTC’s history.

Yashasvi Jaiswal becomes the first Indian to reach a significant WTC milestone.
In the second Test, Yashasvi Jaiswal hit 51 runs off of 40 balls during the fourth innings. As of right moment, he has 1217 runs scored in the 2023–25 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. In this edition of the WTC, he leads India in runs scored and ranks second overall. Additionally, he also makes history as the first Indian to cross the 1200 run milestone in a single WTC cycle.

Jaiswal passed Ajinkya Rahane to become the Indian with the highest runs in a single WTC edition with his 71-run innings in the first match. Rahane’s run total for the 2019–21 cycle was 1159.

The players with the most runs in a single WTC cycle are shown below:

Jaiswal Yashasvi (2023–25) – 1217

Ajinkya Rahane, 1159 (2019–21)

1094 Rohit Sharma (2019–21)

India Wins The Second Test Handily Against Bangladesh

Rain has had a major impact on India vs. Bangladesh’s second test. Day 1 saw only 35 overs bowled, while Day 2 and Day 3 saw no ball being bowled as a result of the weather.

In the first innings, Mominul Haque scored a century and Jasprit Bumrah claimed four wickets as Bangladesh was bowled out for 233 runs. In response, India fired up, scoring 289/9 thanks to half-centuries from KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal. The innings were then declared. They achieved the quickest team scores of 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 runs, respectively, in the process.

Bangladesh was bowled out for 146 in response, with three wickets each being claimed by Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, and Ravichandran Ashwin. India used 17.2 overs to reach the winning total of 95 runs. They defeated their opponents 2-0 and won the match by a margin of seven wickets.