10 records India can make against Bangladesh:

India and Bangladesh have announced their respective teams for the 2 Test series. The series will start from September 19, the first Test will be played in Chennai and the second in Kanpur. Team India and Indian players can make 10 big records in the series.

We will learn about 10 records in the story. Along with this, we will also look at the impact of the results of the series on the World Test Championship points table. Starting with the records…

1. Chance to become the fourth most successful team in Tests India has a chance to leave South Africa behind in terms of winning the most number of Tests. Team India has won 178 out of 579 matches, the team will achieve 180 wins by defeating Bangladesh in both the matches. South Africa is currently at number four with 179 wins. Australia is at number one with 414 wins, England is at number two with 397 wins and West Indies is at number three with 183 wins.

2. Chance to create history even after winning the first test Team India will create history even after winning the first test against Bangladesh. This will be the first time in the 92 years of Indian cricket history that the number of Test wins of the country will be more than losses. Currently, India has won 178 Tests and lost 178 Tests. India also played 212 Test draws during this period. Currently, only Australia, England, South Africa and Pakistan have more wins than losses in Tests.

3. Opportunity to beat Bangladesh more times than Pakistan India has won 11 out of 13 Tests against Bangladesh, while 2 matches were drawn. By winning the Test series 2-0, Team India has a chance to win more Tests against Bangladesh than South Africa and Pakistan. Both countries have defeated Bangladesh in 12 Tests each. Sri Lanka has defeated Bangladesh in the most number of 20 Tests. West Indies and New Zealand are at second and third place with 14 wins each. 

4. Virat has a chance to complete 9000 Test runs. Former Indian captain Virat Kohli is close to 9,000 Test runs. He currently has 8,848 runs in 113 Tests. He can cross the 9,000 run mark by scoring 152 runs against Bangladesh. He will be only the fourth Indian to do so, before him only Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar have been able to do so.

5. Virat can score more centuries than Bradman Virat Kohli has 29 centuries in 113 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 at the fourth position among players who have scored the most centuries for India. Ahead of him are Tendulkar, Dravid and Gavaskar.

6. Virat Kohli is close to 27 thousand international runs Virat Kohli is close to 27 thousand runs in all three formats including Test, ODI and T20. He has scored 26,942 runs in 533 matches of international cricket. By scoring just 58 runs against Bangladesh, he will become the fourth player to complete 27 thousand international runs. Before him, only Sachin, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara and Australia’s Ricky Ponting have been able to do so.

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 516 wickets in 100 Tests. Ashwin will overtake Lyon by taking 15 wickets against Bangladesh.

With this, Ashwin will also be at 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. Bowlers with the most 5-wicket hauls Ravichandran Ashwin has currently taken 5 or more wickets in 36 innings of 100 Tests. Ashwin will surpass Australia’s Shane Warne as soon as he takes 5 plus wickets in 2 innings against Bangladesh. Warne holds the record of taking 5 plus wickets in 37 innings. Ashwin can reach the second position by taking 5 plus wickets twice. Muralitharan is also at the first position in this record by taking 5 plus wickets 67 times.

9. Jadeja is 6 wickets away from 300 Test wickets. India’s Ravindra Jadeja is close to taking 300 Test wickets, for this he will have to take only 6 more wickets against Bangladesh. By doing this, Jadeja will become the first Indian and the third left arm spinner in the world to take 300 Test wickets. Sri Lanka’s Rangana Herath is at the first position with 433 wickets and New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori is at the second position 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 this. Jadeja has 3036 runs in Tests. Jadeja will also become the fourth spinner in the world to complete the double of 300+ wickets and 3000+ runs.

What will be the impact on the WTC points table? India is currently at number one and Bangladesh at number four in the World Test Championship (WTC) points table. India has 68.51% points and Bangladesh has 45.83% points. 

Let’s know what impact the results of the series will have on the points of both the teams…