AUS vs IND 1st Test, Approaching Milestones and Records: All the hype circulating the all-important Border-Gavaskar Trophy between Australia and India will now be seen on the cricket ground. It is time for the biggest cricket rivarly in modern-day cricket between the two superpowers of this game. Australia cricket team have won everything, but they have not won the BGT title in the last decade or so. On the other hand, India cricket team have won the last four BGT titles.
Now, these two will meet in the first test, which will begin on November 22 at the Optus Stadium in Perth. That will start the two-month-long action-packed series between these two teams. This series is important for both sides because they are looking to qualify for the final of the World Test Championship 2023/25. Australia are at the top, and India are second on the WTC table at the moment.
India are coning off an embarrassing home test series defeat, which will be on their mind while Australia have lost the last two BGT series at home, so they will be up for a task. Whatever the result will be, there are some records and milestones on the line. Below, we will talk about big records and milestones which are lined up and can be achieved in the first AUS vs IND test in Perth.
Australia vs India, 1st Test: Approaching Test Records and Test Cricket Milestones Ahead of the Test at Perth Stadium
1 – Virat Kohli has 29 hundreds in tests. He needs one more century to go past the legendary Australian batter Don Bradman, and it will be a special occasion to do it in Australia.
49 – David Warner has retired, and all the responsibility is on Usman Khawaja now. The left-hander has scored 5451 runs in 74 tests for Australia. Khawaja needs 49 runs to complete 5500 runs in his test career.
89 – Steve Smith will be a big hurdle for the Indian bowlers, as he has a tremendous record against them. He has scored 16441 runs for Australia overall. He needs 59 runs more to complete 16500 international runs. But if he can score 89 runs, then he will surpass great Steve Waugh (16529) and will become the 6th highest run scorer for Australia in international cricket.
5 – Mitchell Starc will be eager to bowl on this bouncy Perth surface. He has 358 wickets in his test career, and if he can take 5 more, then he will surpass the likes of Imran Khan and Daniel Vettori in the list of most wickets in tests.
6 – Veteran off-spinner Ravi Ashwin has taken 764 wickets in international cricket. He needs six more wickets to equal Tim Southee (770) and become the joint-tenth highest wicket-taker in international cricket.
7 – Ravindra Jadeja has 593 wickets across formats, and he is just seven wickets away from completing 600 international wickets for India.
1 – Steve Smith has 32 test centuries and is one hundred away to reach 33. He will have the 8th most test centuries of all time.
3 – Rishabh Pant needs three more sixes to surpass Sachin Tendulkar's tally of 69 test sixes.