IND vs AFG 2018, One-Off Test - Statistical Preview

India vs Afghanistan One Off Test: Statistical Preview

India will square-off against Afghanistan in the historic Test match, starting June 14th in Bengaluru.

The Afghan team will be making their debut in the red ball form of the game. Thus, the Indian team will also be the part of the history.

Meanwhile, India will miss the services of their full-time skipper, Virat Kohli. Thus, Ajinkya Rahane will lead the Indian troops in the one-off test. Furthermore, some records will be on the line for the Indian players.

Let’s take a look at the Statistical Preview of the India vs Afghanistan Test match.

Ajinkya Rahane has scored 2,883 runs in the Test form. Thus, the right-hander needs 117 more runs to complete 3,000 in the longest version of the game. He will be the 22nd Indian batsman to achieve this feat.

Murali Vijay has amassed 3,802 runs under his belt. The stylish opener requires 198 more runs to get to the landmark of 4,000 Test runs.

India’s opener Shikhar Dhawan has thus far played 49 innings for the team. Therefore, if he gets included in the playing XI, he will reach the personal milestone of playing his 50th inning.

Cheteshwar Pujara has scored 533 boundaries in his 57 Test match career. Thus, Pujara will need 17 fours more to get to 550 fours in Test cricket.

Ravichandran Ashwin will need three more wickets to get past Mitchell Johnson’s tally of 313 wickets. Ashwin has bagged 311 wickets thus far in his International Test career.

Furthermore, Ashwin will need 57 more runs to complete his 3000 International runs. Ashwin has collected a total of 2943 runs across all the three formats.

Speedster Umesh Yadav has scalped 99 wickets in the longest format of the game. Thus, the Vidarbha fast bowler will need one more victim to complete his century of wickets for India. Umesh will become the 22nd Indian bowler to achieve the landmark.

Dinesh Karthik has made a comeback into the Test squad after a gap of eight years. Thus, Karthik has missed consecutive 87 Test matches for the Indian team.

The previous record was held by Parthiv Patel who missed 83 Test matches.