India are the holders, having gained the final 3 Border-Gavaskar Trophy collection.
This collection may also be India captain Rohit Sharma’s first huge problem as Test captain. Since he took over as all-formats captain in February 2022, Rohit has performed solely 2 Tests.
Ahead of the primary Test, which begins at 9:30 AM IST on February 9, Thursday, listed below are the large data and landmarks that beckon a number of the particular person gamers:
# Virat Kohli wants 64 extra runs to get to a complete of 25000 worldwide runs. He is at the moment sixth within the all-time record, with 24,936 worldwide runs. Virat has up to now performed 490 worldwide matches for India and has smashed a complete of 74 centuries and 129 half centuries
# As and when Virat completes the remaining 64 runs that can take him to 25000 worldwide runs, he’ll change into simply the second Indian batter to take action, after Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin leads the all-time charts, with 34,357 runs, which he scored in 664 worldwide matches, with the assistance of 100 worldwide centuries and 164 half-centuries
# Cheteshwar Pujara (1893 runs at a mean of 54.08, together with 5 a whole bunch and ten fifties in 20 Tests) wants 107 runs to finish 2,000 runs and to change into the fourth Indian batsman after Sachin Tendulkar (3630), VVS Laxman (2434) and Rahul Dravid (2143) to perform the feat towards Australia in Tests.
# R Ashwin wants simply 1 extra wicket to finish a haul of 450 Test wickets. As and when he will get to that mark, Ashwin will change into simply the ninth bowler in Test cricket historical past to get to 450 Test wickets.
# If Ashwin will get 1 wicket within the first India vs Australia Test in Nagpur, he’ll change into the quickest to get to 450 Test wickets. Ashwin has up to now performed 88 Test matches and is ninth on the general record of most wicket-takers in Test cricket historical past, proper behind Australia’s Nathan Lyon, who has 460 Test wickets in 115 matches.
# If he takes 6 wickets within the first Test, proper arm off spinner, Nathan Lyon (94 at 34.75 in 22 matches) will obtain the excellence of finishing 100 wickets in Tests towards India. He would be the first Australian bowler and the third total after England’s James Anderson (139 at 24.89 in 35 Tests) and Muttiah Muralidaran (105 at 32.61 in 22) to perform this feat towards India in Tests.
# Both Muralidaran and Lyon have produced seven five-wicket hauls in Tests towards India. With one other occasion of 5 wickets in an innings within the Nagpur Test/forthcoming collection, Lyon might set up a brand new report.
# Steve Smith wants 1 extra century vs India in Tests to equal Sachin Tendulkar on 9 centuries within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (from 1996-97 onwards). Sachin in Tests vs Australia from 1996-97 onwards had scored 9 centuries in 34 Tests, which is the general report on this rivalry, since 1996-97. Smith up to now has 8 centuries within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy collection in 28 innings (14 Tests). With 2 centuries on this collection, Smith can break Sachin’s report. Overall, in Tests vs Australia, Sachin had scored 11 centuries in 39 Tests and is the all-time main Indian run-getter in Tests vs the Aussies.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com