Approaching milestones ahead of the Brisbane Test

Approaching milestones ahead of the Brisbane Test

RR Pant has effected 24 dismissals against Australia prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He needs one more dismissal which would fetch him 25 dismissals. If he effects it, he would then become the third Indian wicket keeper to effect 25 plus dismissals against Australia. Others are – MS Dhoni {71} and SMH Kirmani {41}

RR Pant has effected 24 catches against Australia in Australia prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He needs one more dismissal which would fetch him 25 catches. If he effects it, he would then become the third Indian wicket keeper to effect 25 plus catches against Australia in Australia. Others are – MS Dhoni {35} and SMH Kirmani {27}

RR Pant has effected 58 dismissals on away soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He needs two more dismissals which would fetch him 60 dismissals. If he effects it, he would then become the fourth Indian wicket keeper to effect 60 plus dismissals on away soil. Others are – MS Dhoni {167}, SMH Kirmani {90} and KS More {81}

RR Pant has pouched 58 catches on away soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He needs two more catches which would fetch him 60 catches. If he catches them, he would then become the fourth Indian wicket keeper to pouch 60 plus catches on away soil. Others are – MS Dhoni {154}, KS More {77} and SMH Kirmani {71}

RA Jadeja has an aggregate of 1954 runs prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires 46 more runs for his 2000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the 41st Indian batsman to total 2000 plus runs in tests.  RA Jadeja has already taken 220 wickets in tests. If he scores 2000 runs, then he would become the fifth Indian all rounder to score 2000 runs and capture 200 plus wickets.

NoPlayerMatRunsWkts
1A Kumble1322506619
2N Kapil Dev1315248434
3Harbhajan Singh1032224417
4R Ashwin0732467377
5RA Jadeja0501954220

If he scores 46 runs, then he would become the 21st all rounder in the history of test cricket to score 2000 plus runs and capture 200 plus wickets. The following table lists all the 21 cricketers.

NoPlayerTeamMatRunsWkts
1SK WarneAus1453154708
2A KumbleInd1322506619
3SCJ BroadEng1433335514
4N Kapil DevInd1315248434
5RJ HadleeNZl0863124431
6SM PollockSAF1083781421
7Harbhajan SinghInd1032224417
8Wasim AkramPak1042898414
9IT BothamEng1025200383
10R AshwinInd0732418375
11Imran KhanPak0883807362
12DL VettoriNZl1134531362
13WPUJC VaasSrl1113089355
14MG JohnsonAus0732065313
15JH KallisSAF16613289292
16R BenaudAus0632201248
17GS SobersWin0938032235
18A FlintoffEng0793845226
19CL CairnsNZl0623320218
20RA JadejaInd0501926216
21Shakib Al HasanBan0563862210

NM Lyon has an aggregate of 197 wickets on home soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires three more wickets for his 200 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the fourth Australian bowler to capture 200 test wickets on home soil. Others are – SK Warne {319}, GD McGrath {289} and DK Lillee {231}.

NM Lyon has an aggregate of 197 wickets on home soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires three more wickets for his 200 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the 20th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 200 test wickets on home soil.

NM Lyon has an aggregate of 91 wickets against India prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires nine more runs for his 100 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the first Australian bowler to capture 100 test wickets against India.

R Ashwin has an aggregate of 89 wickets against Australia prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires one more wicket for his 90 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the third Indian bowler to capture 90 plus test wickets against Australia. Others are – A Kumble {111} and Harbhajan Singh {95}.

R Ashwin has an aggregate of 39 wickets against Australia in Australia prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires one wicket for his 40 wickets. If he gets them, then he would become the third Indian bowler to capture 40 plus test wickets against Australia in Australia. Others are – N Kapil Dev {51} and A Kumble {49}.

NM Lyon has pouched 49 catches prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires one more catch for his 50 catches. If he catches it, then he would become the 21st Australian fieldsman, other than the wicket keepers to catch 50 plus catches.

SPD Smith has pouched 119 catches prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires one more catch for his 120 catches. If he catches it, then he would become the ninth Australian fieldsman, other than the wicket keepers to catch 120 plus catches.

SPD Smith has pouched 18 catches against India prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires two more catches for his 20 catches. If he catches it, then he would become the seventh Australian fieldsman, other than the wicket keepers to catch 20 plus catches against India. Others are – RT Ponting {36}, MJ Clarke {29}, ME Waugh {29}, ML Hayden {23}, RB Simpson {21} and MEK Hussey {20}

TM Paine has pouched 147 catches prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires three more catches for his 150 dismissals. If he pouches them, then he would become the sixth Australian wicket keeper to pouch 150 plus catches. Others are – AC Gilchrist {379} and BJ Haddin {366}, RW Marsh {343}, BJ Haddin {262} and ATW Grout {163}

TM Paine has effected 35 dismissals against India prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires five more dismissals for his 40 dismissals. If he effected them, then he would become the third Australian wicket keeper to effect 40 plus dismissals against India. Others are – AC Gilchrist {75} and BJ Haddin {58}

SPD Smith has a run aggregate of 7449 runs prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires 51 more runs for his 7500 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the ninth Australian batsman to score 7500 plus runs in Tests. Others are – RT Ponting {13378}, AR Border {11178}, SR Waugh {10927}, MJ Clarke {8643}, ML Hayden {8625} and ME Waugh {8029}, JL Langer {7696} and MA Taylor {7525}

SPD Smith has a run aggregate of 991 runs against India on home soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires nine more runs for his 1000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the third Australian batsman to score 1500 plus runs against India on home soil. Others are – RT Ponting {1894} and MJ Clarke {1077}

DA Warner has a run aggregate of 4492 runs as an opening batsman on home soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires eight more runs for his 4500 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the second Australian opening batsman to score 4500 plus runs on home soil after ML Hayden. ML Hayden has an aggregate of 5210 runs.

DA Warner has a run aggregate of 4492 runs as a left hand opening batsman on home soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires eight more runs for his 4500 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the second Australian left hand opening batsman to score 4500 plus runs on home soil after ML Hayden. ML Hayden has an aggregate of 5210 runs.

DA Warner has scored seven boundary sixes and SPD Smith has scored six boundary sixes against India on home soil. DA Warner requires two more boundary sixes and SPD Smith requires three more boundary sixes to overhaul KR Miller’s eight boundary sixes which is the present record for most boundary sixes by an Australian batsman against India on home soil.

DA Warner has scored 56 boundary sixes in his test career. He requires four more boundary sixes which would fetch him 60 boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would then become the fourth Australian batsman to score 60 plus boundary sixes. Others are – AC Gilchrist {100}, ML Hayden {82} and RT Ponting {73}

DA Warner has scored 56 boundary sixes in his test career as an opening batsman. He requires four more boundary sixes which would fetch him 60 boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would then become the second Australian opening batsman to score 60 plus boundary sixes after ML Hayden. ML Hayden has scored 82 boundary fours

DA Warner has scored 56 boundary sixes in his test career as left handed opening batsman. He requires four more boundary sixes which would fetch him 60 boundary sixes. If he scores them, then he would then become the second left handed Australian opening batsman to score 60 plus boundary sixes after ML Hayden. ML Hayden has scored 82 boundary fours

DA Warner has scored 24 centuries in his test career as left handed opening batsman. He requires one more century which would fetch him 25 centuries.  If he scores them, then he would then become the fourth left handed opening batsman to score 25 centuries. Others are – AN Cook {31}, ML Hayden {30} and GC Smith {27}

DA Warner has scored 24 centuries in his test career as left handed opening batsman. He requires one more century which would fetch him 25 centuries.  If he scores them, then he would then become the second left handed Australian opening batsman to score 25 centuries after ML Hayden. ML Hayden has scored 30 centuries.

DA Warner has scored 24 centuries in his test career as an opening batsman. He requires one more century which would fetch him 25 centuries.  If he scores them, then he would then become the fifth opening batsman to score 25 centuries. Others are – SM Gavaskar {33}, AN Cook {31}, ML Hayden {30} and GC Smith {27}

AM Rahane has a run aggregate of 2917 runs on away soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires 83 more runs for his 3000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the tenth Indian batsman to score 3000 plus runs on away soil. The following table lists all the ten batsmen.

NoPlayerMatInnsNORunsHS
1SR Tendulkar106176178705248*
2R Dravid093164217667270
3SM Gavaskar060106095055221
4VVS Laxman077134165014178
5SC Ganguly063104074032147
6V Sehwag051089033847309
7V Kohli048087023760200
8DB Vengsarkar062105093143157
9M Amarnath037063053008138
10AM Rahane042073082917147

AM Rahane has scored 23 fifties on away soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires two more fifties for his 25 fifties. If he scores them, then he would become the eighth Indian batsman to score 25 plus fifties on away soil. The following table lists these eight batsmen.

NoPlayerMatInnsNORunsCHC50+
1SR Tendulkar106176178705293665
2R Dravid093164217667213657
3VVS Laxman077134165014093241
4SM Gavaskar060106095055182240
5SC Ganguly063104074032082230
6V Kohli048087023760141327
7M Amarnath037063053008091726
8AM Rahane040071082891081523

AM Rahane has pouched 48 catches on away soil prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires two more catches for his 50 catches. If he pouches them, then he would become the sixth Indian fieldsman other than the wicket keepers to pouch 50 plus catches on away soil. Others are – R Dravid {111}, VVS Laxman {74}, SR Tendulkar {68}, SM Gavaskar {57} and M Azharuddin {53}

AM Rahane has pouched 18 catches against Australia prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires two more catches for his 20 catches. If he pouches them, then he would become the sixth Indian fieldsman other than the wicket keepers to pouch 20 plus catches against Australia. Others are – R Dravid {46}, VVS Laxman {36}, SR Tendulkar {23}, V Sehwag {22} and V Kohli {20}

CA Pujara has scored 14 fifties against Australia prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires one more fifty for his 15 fifties. If he scores them, then he would become the fourth Indian batsman to score 15 plus fifties against Australia. Others are – SR Tendulkar {27}, VVS Laxman {18} and R Dravid {15}

CA Pujara has scored five centuries against Australia to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires one more century for his six century. If he scores them, then he would become the fifth Indian batsman to score six or more centuries against Australia. Others are – SR Tendulkar {11}, SM Gavaskar {08}, V Kohli {07} and VVS Laxman {06}

CA Pujara has an aggregate of 912 runs against Australia in Australia prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires 88 more runs for his 1000 runs.  If he scores them, then he would become the fifth Indian batsman to score 1000 plus runs against Australia in Australia.  Others are – SR Tendulkar {1809}, V Kohli {1352}, VVS Laxman {1236} and R Dravid {1143}

AM Rahane has an aggregate of 2917 runs against Australia in Australia prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires 83 more runs for his 3000 runs. If he gets them, he would then become the tenth Indian batsman to aggregate 3000 plus runs against Australia in Australia. The following table lists the ten batsmen.

NoPlayerMatInnsNORunsHS
1SR Tendulkar106176178705248*
2R Dravid93164217667270
3SM Gavaskar6010695055221
4VVS Laxman77134165014178
5SC Ganguly6310474032147
6V Sehwag518933847309
7V Kohli488723760200
8DB Vengsarkar6210593143157
9M Amarnath376353008138
10AM Rahane427382917147

SPD Smith has an aggregate of 7449 runs prior to the prior to the start of the Brisbane Test. He requires 51 more runs for his 7500 runs.  If he scores them, then he would become the ninth Australian batsman to score 7500 plus. The following table lists all the nine batsmen.

NoPlayerMatInnsNORunsHS
1RT Ponting1682872913378257
2AR Border1562654411174205
3SR Waugh1682604610927200
4MJ Clarke115198228643329*
5ML Hayden103184148625380
6ME Waugh128209178029153*
7JL Langer105182127696250
8MA Taylor104186137525334*
9SPD Smith77138187449239
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