World Number 1 India overwhelmed Afghanistan in their debut Test match on Friday (15 June) as they thrashed the visitors by an innings and 262 runs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Indian team under the captaincy of Test specialist Ajinkya Rahane finished the Test match in two days by bowling out the Afghan team twice on the second day in two consecutive sessions. The India vs Afghan Test match was called “the historic Test” as the Afghanistan team became 12th Test-playing nation and 2nd team this year after Ireland to acquire the Test status.

Though the match was finished in six sessions, a number of records were broken and re-written.

Here is the list of five records that were made during Ind vs Afg Test:

1- Lowest Innings totals at Chinnaswamy Stadium

Afghanistan team was bowled out twice for 109 and 103 in the first and second innings, respectively. This is also the lowest totals ever scored at the Chinnaswamy ground.

Here is the list of 5 lowest scores at Chinnaswamy:

– 103 by Afghanistan (2018)

– 109 by Afghanistan (2018)

– 112 by Australia (2017)

– 116 by Pakistan (1987)

– 118 by India (1974)

2- In Afghanistan’s maiden Test, the fewest number of overs were batted

In the only Test, Afghan team was bundled up in 27.5 overs and in the second innings, they played only 38.4 overs.

Here is the list of 5 fewest number of overs batted in the history of Test match:

– 27.5 Afg v Ind, Bengaluru, 2018

– 38.4 Afg v Ind, Bengaluru, 2018

– 46.3 Ban v Ind, Dhaka, 2000

– 47.1 NZ v Eng, Christchurch, 1930

– 47.2 Ire v Pak, Malahide, 2018

3- In Afghanistan’s debut Test match, the fewest number of balls were bowled in a Test match that was played in India.

In India vs Afghanistan historic Test match that was finished in just two days, only 1,028 balls were bowled. It is also the fewest number of balls that were bowled in a test match in India ever.

Here is the list of 5 test matches with the fewest number of balls bowled in India:

– 1,028 Ind vs Afg, Bengaluru 2018

– 1,213 Ind vs Aus, Mumbai 2004/05

– 1,262 Ind vs WI, Mumbai 2013

– 1,426 Ind vs SL, Nagpur 1986

– 1,459 Ind vs Eng, Kanpur 1951/52

4- Senior Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan became first ever Indian and sixth overall player to score a century in the 1st session of a Test match.

Here is the list of players, who have scored a century in the 1st session of a Test match:

– Victor Trumper, Manchester 1902

– Charlie Macartney, Leeds 1926

– Don Bradman, Leeds 1930

– Majid Khan, Karachi 1976

– David Warner, Sydney 2017

– Shikhar Dhawan, Bengaluru 2018

5- Team India’s victory over Afghanistan was Indian team’s biggest win in the longest format of the game.

Here is the list of 5 biggest wins for India in the longest format of the game:

– inns & 262 runs against Afghanistan, Bengaluru (2018)

– inns & 239 runs against Bangladesh, Dhaka (2007)

– inns & 239 runs against SL, Nagpur (2017/18)

–  inns & 219 runs against Australia, Kolkata (1997/98)

– inns & 198 runs against NZ, Nagpur (2010/11)