Kanpur, India

India batter Virat Kohli broke another one of Sachin Tendulkar's batting records on day 4 (Sep 30) of the second Test against Bangladesh. Kohli scored 47 off 35 balls in India's first innings, taking his international runs tally to 27,000 in just 594 innings - the fastest among all and the only batter to reach the milestone in less than 600 innings.

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Tendulkar had reached 27,000 international runs in 623 innings. The other batters to score these many runs are Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara in 648 innings and Australia's Ricky Ponting in 650 innings.

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Kohli reached the milestone on a day when India broke several batting records. Thanks to Rohit-led team's breakneck scoring rate, the Test is now alive, with India being the favourites to win.

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After day 2 and day 3 play was called off due to rain and wet outfield, India bowlers were on point with early start Monday morning as they folded Bangladesh for 233 in the first innings.

India then broke multiple batting records in about 35 overs they batted. Openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal set the tempo with 55-run opening stand, which also included them reaching fifty runs in just three overs - the fastest in Test history.

After Rohit's departure, Shubman Gill and Jaiswal took over and added 72 runs for the second wicket before pacer Hasan Mahmud sent Jaiswal back on the team score of 127. Jaiswal scored a brilliant 51-ball 72 and played an important role in India reaching 100 in just 10.1 runs - also fastest in Test history.

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Rohit's men completed 150 in 18.2 overs, 200 in 24.2 overs and 250 in 30.1 overs - all fastest in Test history before declaring their first innings at 285/9 after batting just 34.4 overs and taking 52-run lead.

 Bangladesh were 26/2 by the close of play and trailed by 26 runs in the second innings.