IND vs ENG: 4th Test – Kohli, Rohit and Ashwin eye major records
India and England are set to meet in the fourth and final Test of the series starting 4th March at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. India are currently leading the series 2-1 and are favourites to clinch the series. In the third Test at the same ground, England were decimated in only 2 days. India will also have their eyes on the final of the World Test Championship. The hosts will be through if they are able to draw or win the last Test. Apart from that, there are many personal milestones on the line too.
Milestones await for King Kohli
59 – Virat Kohli has captained India in 59 Tests till now in his career. As soon as he takes the field in the last match, he will equal MS Dhoni in terms of leading India in most Tests (60).
17 – The prolific batsman has aggregated 11983 runs in international cricket as captain, and needs 17 more runs to complete 12000 runs. He will be the third player to achieve this milestone after Ricky Ponting and Graeme Smith.
22 – Virat has won 22 home Tests till now as captain and will surpass Steve Waugh if India win the last Test reaching the third spot.
Approaching records for Ravichandran Ashwin
24 – R Ashwin has picked 24 wickets till now in the series. He needs 10 more wickets in the last Test to break the world record for most wickets in a 4-match series. The record currently belongs to Alfred Valentine of West Indies who had taken 33 wickets in a four-match series against England in 1950.
603 – Ashwin has 603 wickets to his name in international cricket. He needs 8 more to surpass Zaheer Khan (610), and reach the fourth spot among Indian bowlers.
7 – The Indian all-rounder has performed brilliantly in the series so far and is in contention for the player of the series award. Ashwin has most series awards (7) to his name among Indians and will reach the joint third spot in the World if he gets the award in the ongoing series.
Rohit Sharma’s upcoming feats
27 – Ben Stokes and Rohit Sharma are currently at the top two spots in terms of most sixes in the World Test Championship (WTC). Rohit who has hit 27 sixes needs 3 more maximums to surpass Stokes (29) in this regard.
19 – Rohit has scored 981 runs in WTC and needs 19 more runs to touch the 1000-run mark. He will become the second Indian after Ajinkya Rahane to achieve this feat.
Anderson’s eyes on 900th wicket
898 – England pacer James Anderson has picked 898 wickets across formats in his career. He needs 2 more wickets to become the third pacer to complete 900 wickets. Glenn McGrath and Wasim Akram are the only two pacers to have achieved this milestone.
Joe Root’s captaincy record
50 – Joe Root will be taking the field as England captain for the 50th time in the fourth Test. He will become the fourth captain to lead England in 50 Test matches.
