The second match of the Test series between India and Bangladesh will be played in Kanpur from September 27. India have won the Chennai Test by 280 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the series. The team can now clinch the series by winning the Kanpur Test. While Bangladesh has a chance to win the second match and draw the series.
We will know about 11 records that Team India can create in Kanpur Test…
1. Fourth most successful team in Tests India has a chance to surpass South Africa in terms of most Test wins. 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 win the second match, the team will become the fourth most successful team in Tests. Only West Indies (183 wins), England (397 wins) and Australia (414) will be ahead of India.
2. An opportunity to leave Pakistan behind India have won 12 out of 14 Tests against Bangladesh, while 2 matches were drawn. South Africa and Pakistan have also beaten Bangladesh in 12 Tests each. After winning the Kanpur Test, Team India will move to the fourth position among the teams who have beaten Bangladesh the most. Sri Lanka are number one with 20 wins. While West Indies and New Zealand have defeated Bangladesh 14-14 in the Test.
3. Virat close to 9000 Test runs Former Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli is nearing 9000 Test runs. He currently has 8,871 runs in 114 Tests. He can cross the 9000 run mark by scoring 129 runs against Bangladesh in Kanpur. In the 2 innings of the Chennai Test, Kohli could score only 6 and 17 runs.
If Kohli crosses the 9000-run mark in the Kanpur Test, he will become only the fourth Indian player to do so. Only Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar could do this before him.
4. Virat can surpass Bradman Virat Kohli has 29 centuries in 114 Tests. If he scores a single century against Bangladesh, he will score more centuries than Australia's great Sir Donald Bradman. Bradman has 29 centuries in 52 Tests. Virat is also fourth among the players who have scored the most centuries for India. Next to him are Tendulkar, Dravid and Gavaskar.
5. Virat closes 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 across all three formats – Test, ODI and T20. 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 could do this.
6. Rohit can overtake Dravid Indian captain Rohit Sharma has 48 centuries in international cricket. With his second century in the Kanpur Test, he will move into the third position among the highest scorers for India. Currently he is on par with Rahul Dravid. Dravid also has 48 international centuries to his name. Rohit has 12 Test centuries, 31 ODI centuries and 5 T20 centuries.
7. Ashwin can knock down a lion India's Ravichandran Ashwin has a chance to overtake Australia's Nathan Lyon in Test wickets. Lion currently has 530 wickets in 129 Tests while Ashwin has 522 wickets in 101 Tests. Ashwin will overtake Nathan Lion with 9 wickets in Kanpur.
With this, Ashwin will also reach the fourth position among the spinners who have taken the most wickets. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan is the first, Australia's Shane Warne is second and India's Anil Kumble is third in this record.
8. A chance to overtake Warne Ravichandran Ashwin has now taken 5 or more wickets in 37 innings from 101 Tests. After taking 5 wickets in the Kanpur Test, Ashwin will surpass the Australian great Shane Warne. Warne holds the record of taking 5+ wickets in 37 innings.
Ashwin will reach the second spot in this record by taking 5+ wickets for the 38th time in Kanpur. Muralitharan of Sri Lanka is number one with 67 times 5 plus wickets. With his 38th 5-wicket haul, Ashwin will also become the highest 5-wicket taker for India in international cricket. Ashwin is currently tied with Anil Kumble in this list.
9. Jadeja nears 300 Test wickets Ravindra Jadeja of India took 5 wickets in 2 innings of Chennai Test. With this he has taken 299 wickets in Test cricket, he will complete 300 Test wickets with one more wicket in Kanpur. He will become India's first left arm spinner to achieve such a feat.
Only two left arm spinners in the world have managed to take more than 300 wickets in Tests. Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath is at the top spot with 433 wickets and New Zealand's Daniel Vittori is second with 362 wickets.
10. 300+ wickets and 3000+ runs Ravindra Jadeja will add his name to the unique record 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. Only Daniel Vittori of New Zealand could do this before him.
Jadeja has 3122 runs in Tests. Jadeja will become the fourth spinner in the world and also the second spinner from India to complete 300+ wickets and 3000+ runs. Before him, only Ravichandran Ashwin from India could do this.
11. Rahul close to 3000 Test runs India's middle-order batsman KL Rahul is nearing 3000 Test runs. Currently, he has 2901 runs in 51 Tests. Which includes 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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