IND vs NZ: The next challenge before the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team will be to win the Test series against New Zealand. The series will start with the Test to be held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Both the teams have already reached the venue and are ready to face each other. Many players of Team India have a great opportunity to create history in the Bengaluru Test. In this article we will mention those 5 records which Indian players can break during the Bengaluru Test.
5. Ravichandran Ashwin will have a chance to defeat Shane Warne.
Right arm off spinner R. Ashwin has been performing very well for some time now. Ashwin has taken five wicket hauls 37 times so far in his Test career. If Ashwin is successful in taking a five-wicket haul in the Bengaluru Test, he will leave behind Australian legend Shane Warne in terms of taking the most number of five-wicket hauls in the Test format. Warne has achieved the feat of taking five wickets 37 times in 145 Tests.
4. Ashwin needs 3 wickets to overtake Nathan Lyon
Nathan Lyon is at first place in terms of taking most wickets in the ICC World Test Championship. He has taken 187 wickets in 43 matches. Ashwin will have to take only 3 wickets in the Bengaluru Test to overtake Lyon and reach the top. Ashwin has so far taken 185 wickets in 37 matches.
3. Yashasvi Jaiswal can also break a big record
So far, no Indian batsman has crossed the 1000-run mark in the Test format in 2024. Yashasvi Jaiswal can become the first Indian batsman to achieve this feat in the Bengaluru Test. He has scored 929 runs in the 8 tests played so far. In this way Jaiswal will have to score only 71 more runs.
2. Virat Kohli will have a big opportunity
Virat Kohli has made many big records in his name so far in the Test format. He will have a chance to complete 9000 runs in the Bengaluru Test. Kohli has scored 8947 runs in 115 matches played so far. King Kohli needs to score 53 runs to join the club of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar.
1. Rohit Sharma can overtake Virender Sehwag
The record of hitting most sixes for India in the Test format is held in the name of Virender Sehwag. He hit 90 sixes in 103 Tests during his career. To break this record of Sehwag, Rohit Sharma will have to hit only 4 sixes in the Bengaluru Test. Hitman has hit 87 sixes in 61 tests so far.
Edited by Neeraj
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