The two-match sequence between India and Bangladesh will kick off on September 19 in Chennai on the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Star India batter Virat Kohli can be having some milestones to unlock as he prepares for the primary Test towards Bangladesh at Chennai, with an intention to overtake his friends’ Joe Root, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson’s current success in lengthy format.
The two-match sequence between India and Bangladesh will kick off on September 19 in Chennai on the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Meanwhile, the second long-format sport will start on September 27 in Kanpur. In his first Test task, head coach Gautam Gambhir can be eager on securing a sequence win.
Missing the house sequence towards England earlier this 12 months due to the beginning of his second little one, Virat has had some success in his quick, however a constant ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 run, scoring 369 runs in 4 matches and 6 innings at a mean of 61.50, with a century and two fifties. His greatest rating is 121.
Kohli can be aiming to surpass the 9,000 run mark in Test cricket, as he’s simply 152 runs away from the milestone. It will make him the fourth Indian to attain the tally after Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar. In 113 Tests, he has scored 8,848 runs in 191 innings at a mean of 49.15, with 29 centuries and 30 fifties. His greatest rating is 254. Sachin Tendulkar is India’s highest run-getter in Tests with 15,921 runs in 200 matches.
The veteran batter can be the fourth-highest run-getter in worldwide cricket historical past, with 26,942 runs in 533 matches and 591 innings at a mean of 53.35, with 80 centuries and 140 fifties to his title. Just 58 extra runs will get him to 27,000 worldwide runs.
However, this sequence will even be essential for Virat to overcome a slightly poor run of type this 12 months. In 14 matches this 12 months, Virat has scored simply 296 runs at an incredibly sub-par common of 19.73, with only one half-century in 15 innings. His greatest rating this 12 months has been 76.
For Rohit Sharma’s aspect, this sequence towards Bangladesh can be adopted by New Zealand’s tour of India for 3 Tests ranging from October 16, after which the extremely anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy sequence in Australia from November 22.
India’s squad for the first Test towards Bangladesh: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal.
(With inputs from ANI)
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