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The second match of the Test series between India and Bangladesh will be played in Kanpur from 27 September. India has taken a 1-0 lead in the series by winning the Chennai Test by 280 runs. The team can now win the series by winning the Kanpur Test. Bangladesh, on the other hand, has a chance to draw the series by winning the second match.
In this story, we will know about 11 records that Team India can make in the Kanpur Test…
1. Fourth most successful team in Tests
India has a chance to overtake South Africa in terms of winning the most number of Tests. Team India has won 179 out of 580 matches so far, South Africa has also won the same number of Tests. By winning the Kanpur Test, India will overtake South Africa with 180 wins.
If India wins the second match, it will become the fourth most successful team in Tests. Only West Indies (183 wins), England (397 wins) and Australia (414 wins) will be ahead of India.
2. Opportunity to leave Pakistan behind
India has won 12 out of 14 Tests against Bangladesh, while 2 matches were drawn. South Africa and Pakistan have also defeated Bangladesh in 12 Tests each. As soon as the team wins the Kanpur Test, it will reach the fourth position in the list of teams that have defeated Bangladesh the most. Sri Lanka is at the first position with 20 wins. While West Indies and New Zealand have defeated Bangladesh in 14 Tests each.
3. Virat close to 9000 Test runs
Former Indian captain Virat Kohli is close to 9,000 Test runs. He currently has 8,871 runs in 114 Tests. He can cross the 9,000 run mark by scoring 129 runs against Bangladesh in Kanpur. Kohli could score only 6 and 17 runs in the two innings of the Chennai Test.
If Kohli crosses the 9000 run mark in the Kanpur Test, he will become only the fourth Indian player to do so. Before him, only Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar have been able to do so.
4. Virat can surpass Bradman
Virat Kohli has 29 centuries in 114 Tests. If he scores a century against Bangladesh, he will score more centuries than Australian legend Sir Donald Bradman. Bradman has 29 centuries in 52 Tests. Virat is also at the fourth position among players who have scored the most centuries for India. Tendulkar, Dravid and Gavaskar are ahead of him.
5. Virat is close to 27 thousand international runs
Virat Kohli is also close to 27 thousand runs in international cricket. He has scored 26,965 runs in 534 matches of all three formats – Test, ODI and T-20. By scoring just 35 runs in Kanpur, he will become the fourth player to score 27 thousand international runs. Before him, only Sachin Tendulkar, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara and Australia’s Ricky Ponting have been able to do so.
6. Rohit can go ahead of Dravid
India’s captain Rohit Sharma has 48 centuries in international cricket. As soon as he scores another century in the Kanpur Test, he will reach the third position in the list of players who have scored the most centuries for India. He is currently tied with Rahul Dravid. Dravid also has 48 international centuries. Rohit has 12 centuries in Tests, 31 in ODIs and 5 in T20s.
7. Ashwin can overtake Lyon
India’s Ravichandran Ashwin has a chance to overtake Australia’s Nathan Lyon in terms of Test wickets. Lyon currently has 530 wickets in 129 Tests, while Ashwin has taken 522 wickets in 101 Tests. By taking 9 wickets in Kanpur, Ashwin will overtake Lyon.
With this, Ashwin will also reach the fourth position in the list of spinners taking the most wickets. Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan is first, Australia’s Shane Warne is second and India’s Anil Kumble is third in this record.
8. Chance to leave Warne behind
Ravichandran Ashwin has currently taken 5 or more wickets in 37 innings of 101 Tests. Once he takes 5 wickets in the Kanpur Test, Ashwin will surpass Australian legend Shane Warne. Warne holds the record of taking 5 plus wickets in 37 innings.
Ashwin will reach the second position in this record by taking 5 plus wickets for the 38th time in Kanpur. Sri Lanka’s Muralitharan is at the first position by taking 5 plus wickets 67 times. Ashwin will also become the bowler taking the most 5 wickets in international cricket for India as soon as he takes 5 wickets for the 38th time. Currently, Anil Kumble is also at par with Ashwin with 37 5-wicket hauls.
9. Jadeja close to 300 Test wickets
India’s Ravindra Jadeja took 5 wickets in 2 innings of the Chennai Test. With this, he has taken 299 wickets in Test cricket, he will complete 300 wickets in Tests as soon as he takes another wicket in Kanpur. He will become the first left-arm spinner from India to do so.
Only two left arm spinners in the world have taken more than 300 wickets in Tests. Sri Lanka’s Rangana Herath is at number one with 433 wickets and New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori is at number two with 362 wickets.
10. 300+ wickets and 3000+ runs
Ravindra Jadeja will add his name to the unique records of Test all-rounders as soon as he completes 300 wickets against Bangladesh. Jadeja will become the second left-arm spinner in the world to score more than 3000 runs and take more than 300 wickets in Tests. Before him, only New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori has been able to do so.
Jadeja has 3122 runs in Tests. Jadeja will become the fourth spinner in the world and the second from India to complete the double of 300+ wickets and 3000+ runs. Before him, only Ravichandran Ashwin from India has been able to do this.
11. Rahul close to 3000 Test runs
India’s middle order batsman is close to 3000 Test runs. He currently has 2901 runs in 51 Tests. These include 8 centuries and 14 fifties. He played innings of 16 and 22 runs in Chennai. As soon as he scores 99 runs in Kanpur, he will complete 3000 Tests.
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