IND vs SA 1st Test: Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin have a chance to create history, records of many greats including Dhoni can be broken

 

India vs South Africa 1st Test Stats Preview: The two-Test series between India and South Africa will start from Tuesday (26 December). The first Test of the series will be played in Centurion and the second in Cape Town from January 3. Players of both the teams will have a chance to make some special records in the Centurion Test, let us know. 

Opportunity to defeat Dhoni

If Rohit Sharma hits 2 sixes, then he will surpass MS Dhoni and reach second place in the list of players who have hit the most sixes in Test cricket for India. Dhoni has 78 sixes in his name in this format, while Rohit has hit 77 sixes. Virender Sehwag is at first place in this list.

Apart from this, Rohit needs 195 runs to overtake former captain Sourav Ganguly and reach fourth place in the list of players who have scored the most international runs for India. Ganguly has scored 18433 runs in 485 innings of 421 matches, while Rohit has scored 18239 runs in 482 innings of 462 matches.

Ashwin's 500 test wickets

Ravichandran Ashwin needs 11 wickets to complete 500 wickets in Test cricket. Ashwin has taken 489 wickets in 178 innings of 94 Tests. Only Anil Kumble has reached this figure in Tests for India.

Ravindra Jadeja's 550 wickets

If Ravindra Jadeja is successful in taking 4 wickets, he will surpass Javagal Srinath and reach sixth position in the list of players taking the most wickets for India. Srinath had taken 551 wickets in 348 innings of 296 matches in his career. Whereas Jadeja has so far taken 548 wickets in 381 innings of 330 matches.

Rabada's 500 wickets

Kagiso Rabada needs 5 wickets to complete 500 wickets in international cricket. Only 6 bowlers have achieved this milestone for South Africa. Which includes the names of Shaun Pollock, Dale Steyn, Mkhaya Ntini, Allan Donald, Jacques Kallis and Morne Morkel.