India will be playing a four-match Test series against Australia starting from 9th February at Nagpur venue as part of the World Test Championship cycle (2021-23). India have created history in recent times by winning two consecutive Test series against Australia on Australian soil in the 2018/19 & 2020/21 period and in the last 10 years the Indian side has been an unbeatable force on home soil.
Will the Aussies be able to shackle the fortress of the Indian side in the upcoming Test series? Notably, these two sides are likely to play the final match of the World Test Championship in 2023 and hence tough competition is expected between them in this four-match Test series. Here in this article, we will have a look at some of the stats and records that could be broken in the upcoming 1st Test match.
2 - Nathan Lyon needs 2 more wickets to take 100 wickets against India in International cricket overall.
Most wickets by an Australian bowler vs India in International cricket:
Brett Lee - 111
Nathan Lyon - 98
Mitchell Johnson - 96
Most wickets by a Spin bowler against India in International cricket:
Muralitharan - 179
Nathan Lyon - 98
Saqlain Mushtaq - 82
4 - Mohammed Siraj needs 4 more wickets to complete the milestone of reaching 50 wickets in Test cricket.
4 - India have won 4 out 6 Test matches at Nagpur Venue.
Test Results for team India at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur:
- Defeated Australia by 172 runs in 2008
- Lost to South Africa by inns & 6 runs in 2010
- Defeated New Zealand by inns & 198 runs in 2010
- Draw against England in 2012
- Defeated South Africa by 124 runs in 2015
- Defeated Sri Lanka by inns & 239 runs in 2017
6 - Ravichandran Ashwin has dismissed Steven Smith 6 times in Test Cricket overall.
Steven Smith vs Ravi Ashwin in 2020/21 Border-Gavaskar Test Series:
Inns - 5
Runs - 64
Avg - 21.33
Outs - 3
6 - Nathan Lyon needs 6 more wickets to become 2nd bowler to pick 100 wickets in Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Most Wickets in Border-Gavaskar Trophy:
Anil Kumble - 111
Harbhajan Singh - 95
Nathan Lyon - 94
13 - Australia have won only 13 out of 50 Test matches against India on Indian soil.
Most Test wins vs India on Indian soil:
West Indies - 14 (47 matches)
England - 14 (64 matches)
Australia - 13 (50 matches)
Australia vs India in Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Indian soil:
Played - 25
Australia - 5
India - 16
Draw - 4
27 - Travis Head needs 27 more runs to complete 1000 runs in WTC'21-23 Cycle.
64 - Virat Kohli needs 64 more runs to complete 25,000 runs in international cricket.
Most runs in International cricket:
Sachin Tendulkar - 34357
Kumar Sangakkara - 28016
Ricky Ponting - 27483
Mahela Jayawardene - 25957
Jacques Kallis - 25534
Virat Kohli - 24936
73.33 - Rohit Sharma averages 73.33 with the bat in Test cricket at home soil.
Highest Test batting average in home soil (Min. 30 innings batted):
Don Bradman - 98.22
Rohit Sharma - 73.33
Marnus Labuschagne - 70.5
Clyde Walcott - 69.83
Everton Weekes - 69.14
107 - Cheteshwar Pujara needs 107 more runs to become 4th Indian batsman to score 2000 runs vs Australia in Test cricket.
Most runs for India vs Australia in Test Cricket:
Sachin Tendulkar - 3630
VVS Laxman - 2434
Rahul Dravid - 2143
Cheteshwar Pujara - 1893
Virender Sehwag - 1738