Approaching milestones ahead of the fourth test between India and England

Approaching milestones ahead of the fourth test between India and England

R Ashwin has captured five or more wickets in an innings on 34 occasions. One more five wicket haul would fetch him 35th five wicket haul. He would then become the fifth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 35   five wicket hauls. Others are – M Muralitharan {67}, SK Warne {37}, RJ Hadlee {36} and A Kumble {35}

R Ashwin has captured five or more wickets in an innings on 34 occasions. One more five wicket haul would fetch him 35th five wicket haul. He would then become the fourth spin bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 35 five wicket hauls. Others are – M Muralitharan {67}, SK Warne {37} and A Kumble {35}

R Ashwin has captured five or more wickets in an innings on 34 occasions. One more five wicket haul would fetch him 35th five wicket haul. He would then become the second Indian bowler and also the second Indian spin bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 35 five wicket hauls after A Kumble. A Kumble has captured five wicket hauls on 35 occasions.

R Ashwin has captured five or more wickets in an innings on 26 occasions on home soil. One more five wicket haul would fetch him 27th five wicket haul. He would then become the second bowler in the list of bowlers who have captured most five wicket hauls on home soil. He would go past HMRKB Herath of Sri Lanka who has taken 26 five wicket hauls on home soil, to occupy the second place. M Muralitharan occupy the first place with 45 five wicket hauls on home soil.

R Ashwin has captured 348 wickets on home soil. Two more wickets would fetch him 350 wickets on home soil. He would then become the second Indian bowler and also the fifth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 350 wickets on home soil. Others are – M Muralitharan {493], JM Anderson {434}, SCJ Broad {398} and A Kumble {350}

R Ashwin has captured 99 wickets against England prior to the start of this test. One more wicket would fetch him 100 wickets against England. He would then become the first Indian bowler to capture 100 plus wickets against England. He would also become the 20th bowler over all to capture 100 plus wickets against England.

R Ashwin has captured 99 wickets against England prior to the start of this test. One more wickets would fetch him 100 wickets against England. It would provide the third occasion of an Indian bowler to capture 100 plus wickets against an opposition. Others occasions are – R Ashwin – 114  vs Australia and A Kumble – 111 vs Australia

R Ashwin has captured 99 wickets against England prior to the start of this test. One more wicket would fetch him 100 wickets against England. He would also become the 44th bowler over all to capture 100 plus wickets against an opposition in the annals of test cricket.

R Ashwin has captured 99 wickets against England prior to the start of this test. One more wicket would fetch him 100 wickets against England.

He would then become the first Indian bowler and the ninth bowler overall to capture 100 plus wickets against two or more oppositions in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoNoPlayerSpanMIBallsRunsWktsTeamOpposition
11CEL Ambrose1988-1999275166962718128West Indies   v Australia
 2CEL Ambrose1988-2000346382843082164West Indiesv England
           
21JM Anderson2006-2023397285994209117Englandv Australia
 2JM Anderson2006-2024366878683537144Englandv India
 3JM Anderson2003-2022295263883098103Englandv South Africa
           
31R Ashwin2011-2023224271633234114Indiav Australia
 2R Ashwin2012-2024224159242899099Indiav England
           
41LR Gibbs1961-1976244493583222103West Indiesv Australia
 2LR Gibbs1963-1974264788412889100West Indiesv England
           
51NM Lyon2013-2023305469813236110Australiav England
 2NM Lyon2011-2023274974953819121Australiav India
           
61GD McGrath1994-2007306072803286157Australiav England
 2GD McGrath1995-2005234654752132110Australiav West Indies
           
71M Muralidaran1993-2007163066132247112Sri Lankav England
 2M Muralidaran1993-2010223270203425105Sri Lankav India
 3M Muralidaran1993-2006152759082311104Sri Lankav South Africa
           
81CA Walsh1984-2001386985603872135West Indiesv Australia
 2CA Walsh1986-2000366888183683145West Indiesv England
           
91SK Warne1993-20073672107574535195Australiav England
 2SK Warne1993-2005203957702511103Australiav New Zealand
 3SK Warne1993-2006244579283142130Australiav South Africa

R Ashwin has captured 99 wickets against England prior to the start of this test.  One more wicket would fetch him 100 wickets against England. He would then become the first Indian bowler and the sixth bowler overall to capture 100 plus wickets against two oppositions in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoNoPlayerSpanMIBallsRunsWktsTeamOpposition
11CEL Ambrose1988-1999275166962718128West Indies   v Australia
 2CEL Ambrose1988-2000346382843082164West Indiesv England
           
21R Ashwin2011-2023224271633234114Indiav Australia
 2R Ashwin2012-2024213959242843097Indiav England
           
31LR Gibbs1961-1976244493583222103West Indiesv Australia
 2LR Gibbs1963-1974264788412889100West Indiesv England
           
41NM Lyon2013-2023305469813236110Australiav England
 2NM Lyon2011-2023274974953819121Australiav India
           
41GD McGrath1994-2007306072803286157Australiav England
 2GD McGrath1995-2005234654752132110Australiav West Indies
           
61CA Walsh1984-2001386985603872135West Indiesv Australia
 2CA Walsh1986-2000366888183683145West Indiesv England

R Ashwin takes one more wicket against England which would fetch him 100 wickets, he would then become the first Indian cricketer to score 1000 runs and capture 100 wickets against England. Others to accomplish such a feat against England are MA Noble of Australia and GS Sobers of West Indies

NoPlayerTeamSpanMRunsWkts
1MA NobleAua1898-1909391905115
2GS SobersWin1954-1974363214102
3R AshwinInd2012-2024221085099

BA Stokes of England needs 93 more runs for his 1000 runs against India If he gets them, then he would become the 13th England batsman to score 1000 plus runs against India

If Ashwin takes one wicket which would fetch him 100 wickets against England and if JM Anderson plays in this test, then for the first time in India-England test series, a test with rival bowlers capturing 100 plus wicket against each other would be witnessed. JM Anderson has taken 145 wickets against India

RG Sharma has an aggregate of 3977 runs in tests prior to the start of this test. He needs 23 more runs for his 4000 test runs. If he gets them, then he would become the 17th Indian batsman to score 4000 plus runs in tests.

JE Root has scored 90 fifties prior to the start of this test. One more fifty would fetch him his 91st fifty and with it the record of most fifties by an England batsman in tests. He would go past AN Cook who has scored 90 fifties.

JE Root of England has scored 19 fifties against India. One more fifty would fetch him his 20th fifty. If he gets it, then he would share the record of most fifties against India with RT Ponting of Australia. RT Ponting has scored 20 fifties against India.

JE Root has scored nine centuries against India. One more century would fetch his tenth century against India and with it the record of scoring most centuries against India. SPD Smith of India has scored nine centuries against India.

JM Anderson of England has an aggregate of 145 wickets against India prior to the start of this test. Five more wickets would fetch him his 150 wickets. If he gets them, then he would not only become the first England bowler but also would become the first bowler from any opposition to capture 150 plus wickets against India.

JM Anderson of England has an aggregate of 145 wickets against India prior to the start of this test. Five more wickets would fetch him his 150 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the sixth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 150 plus wickets against an opposition.

Othera are – SK Warne of Australia – 195 wickets against England, DK Lillee of Australia – 167 wickets against England, CE Ambrose of West Indies – 164 wickets against England, GD McGrath of Australia – 157 wickets against England and SCJ Broad of England – 153 wickets against Australia.

JM Anderson of England has an aggregate of 145 wickets against India prior to the start of this test. Five more wickets would fetch him his 150 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the second England bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 150 plus wickets against an opposition. Prior to this SCJ Broad of England has captured 153 wickets against Australia.

JM Anderson has played 15 tests against India in India. One more test appearance would be his 16th test appearance against India in India. He would share the record for most test appearance by an England cricketer against India in India with DL Underwood of England has appeared in 16 tests against India in India.

JM Anderson has played 15 tests against India in India. One more test appearance would be his 16th test appearance against India in India. He would share the record for most test appearance by any cricketer against India in India with DL Underwood of England has appeared in 16 tests against India in India.

JE Root has scored 280 boundary fours against India prior to the start of this test. He needs four more boundary fours to own the record for scoring most boundary fours by an England batsman against India. AN Cook owns the present record with 283 boundary fours against India

JE Root has scored 98 boundary fours against India in India prior to the start of this test. He needs tw0 more boundary fours which would fetch him 100 boundary fours against India in India. He would then become the third England batsman to score 100 boundary fours against India in India. Others are – AN Cook {141} and MJ Gatting {107}

JM Bairstow has scored nine boundary sixes against India prior to the start of this test. 0ne more boundary six would fetch him ten boundary sixes against India. If he gets it, he would then become the seventh England batsman to score ten or more boundary sixes against India. Others are  – IT Botham {24}, BA Stokes {13}, KP Pietersen {12}, MM Ali {10}, JC Buttler {10} and GA Gooch {10}.

RG Sharma has scored 47 boundary sixes on home soil. He needs three more boundary sixes which would fetch him 50 boundary sixes on home soil. If he gets them, he would then become the second Indian batsman to score 50 plus boundary sixes on home soil. V Sehwag has scored 58 boundary sixes on home soil.

YBK Jaiswal has scored 22 boundary sixes against England. He needs three more boundary sixes for his 25 boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would become the first Indian batsman to score 25 boundary sixes against England.

YBK Jaiswal has scored 22 boundary sixes against England on home soil. He needs three more boundary sixes for his 25 boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would become the first Indian batsman to score 25 boundary sixes against England on home soil

YBK Jaiswal has scored 22 boundary sixes against England. He needs three more boundary sixes for his 25 boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would become the eighth batsman in the annals of cricket to score 25 boundary sixes against an opposition.

NoPlayerTeamOppSpanMatInnsNORunsHSAve6s
1BA StokesEngAus2013-202324452156215536.3239
2IVA RichardsWinEng1976-199136504286929162.3634
3BA StokesEngSAF2015-202215260117725845.2630
4Imran KhanPakInd1978-1989232981091135*51.9528
5CH GayleWinNZl2002-201412212125820466.2126
6TG SoutheeNZlEng2008-2023193020584077*20.8525
7SR TendulkarIndAus1991-2013397483630241*55.0025

YBK Jaiswal has scored 22 boundary sixes against England. He needs three more boundary sixes for his 25 boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would become the third batsman in the annals of cricket to score 25 boundary sixes against an England.

NoPlayerTeamOppSpanMatInnsNORunsHSAve6s
1IVA RichardsWinEng1976-199136504286929162.3634
2TG SoutheeNZlEng2008-2023193020584077*20.8525

YBK Jaiswal has scored 22 boundary sixes against England. He needs three more boundary sixes for his 25 boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would become the second Indian batsman in the annals of cricket to score 25 boundary sixes against an opposition. SR Tendulkar has scored 25 boundary sixes against Australia.

YBK Jaiswal has scored 22 boundary sixes against England. He needs four more boundary sixes for his 26 boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would become the first Indian batsman in the annals of cricket to score most boundary sixes against an opposition. He would go past SR Tendulkar has scored 25 boundary sixes against Australia.

YBK Jaiswal has scored 22 boundary sixes against England. He needs three more boundary sixes for his 25 boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would become the second opening batsman in the annals of cricket to score 25 boundary sixes against an opposition. CH Gayle of West Indies has scored 26 boundary sixes against New Zealand

YBK Jaiswal has scored 22 boundary sixes against England. He needs four more boundary sixes for his 26 boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would become the first opening batsman in the annals of cricket to score most boundary sixes against an opposition. He would go past CH Gayle of West Indies has scored 26 boundary sixes against New Zealand

RG Sharma of India has scored 48 boundary sixes as an opening batsman. He needs two more boundary sixes for his 50 boundary sixes. If he gets them, he would then become the sixth opening batsman to score in the annals of test cricket to score 50 plus boundary sixes. Others are – CH Gayle {94}, V Sehwag {89}, ML Hayden {87}, DA Warner {69} and CG Greenidge {67}

RA Jadeja has scored 299 boundary fours prior to the start of this test. One more boundary four would fetch him 300 boundary four. If he scores it, he would then become the fourth Indian left hand batsman to score 300 plus boundary fours. Others are – SC Ganguly {900}, G Gambhir {518} and S Dhawan {316}

At the end of the third test against England, RA Jadeja’s run aggregate against England read exact 1000 runs. He had become India’s first left hand batsman to aggregate 1000 runs against England. He had also earned the distinction of becoming the 32nd left hand batsman to score 1000 plus runs against England.

At the end of the third test against England, RA Jadeja’s run aggregate against England read exact 1000 runs. He had become the 15th Indian atsman to aggregate 1000 runs against England.

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