Fast bowler Khalid Ahmed came to bowl the second over for Bangladesh. This was Rohit's first over. He hit a six over long on on the very first ball of this over. After this, he hit an excellent six on the second ball over deep square leg. With this feat, Rohit Sharma became the first opening batsman in Test cricket history to hit sixes on the first two balls of a match. Rohit made an explosive start to his innings by hitting two sixes on the first two balls bowled by Khalid Ahmed. With this achievement, he has become the first opener and fourth player overall to achieve this feat.

The first two sixes in Test history to be hit by Foffy Williams in 1948. Sachin Tendulkar also hit two sixes in his first two balls against Australia in 2013, followed by Umesh Yadav in 2019 when he hit two sixes against South Africa. However, Rohit is the first opening batsman to achieve this feat in the 147-year history of Test cricket.

Talking about Kanpur Test, on the fourth day, Bangladesh team was all out for 233 runs in the first innings. In response, the Indian team declared its first innings by scoring 285 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 34.3 overs and gained a significant lead of 52 runs over Bangladesh. By the end of the fourth day's play, Bangladesh had scored 26 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in the second innings. Bangladesh team is still 26 runs behind India.