IND vs SA Records: Virat Kohli, Ashwin eye special milestone

IND vs SA Records: Virat Kohli eyes big milestone: India vs South Africa 3-match Test series begins with Boxing Day Test at Centurion and India’s Test skipper Virat Kohli along with R Ashwin, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane is on verge of achieving special milestones. All four players will be eying special feat when they feature against Proteas. Follow InsideSport.in for more updates

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IND vs SA Records: Virat Kohli, R Ashwin, Cheteshwar Pujara & Ajinkya Rahane eye special milestone in South Africa series

Cheteshwar Pujara & Ajinkya Rahane eye 1000 runs against SA:

Cheteshwar Pujara & former vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane maybe going through a rough patch but both have had a good record against South Africa. The off-colour duo will be hoping to get back in rhythm and also complete 1000 runs against Proteas.

Cheteshwar Pujara has scored 758 runs in 14 matches against South Africa at an average of 32.95, including one hundred.
Pujara has scored 411 runs in 7 matches in South Africa at an average of 31.61, including a hundred.
Ajinkya Rahane has amassed 748 runs in 10 matches at an average of 57.33, including 3 centuries.
Rahane has scored 266 runs in 3 matches in South Africa at an average of 53.20 with a high score of 96.

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IND vs SA Records: Virat Kohli, R Ashwin, Cheteshwar Pujara & Ajinkya Rahane eye special milestone in South Africa series

Can R Ashwin continue record-breaking spree?

R Ashwin (427)

Richard Hadlee (431)

Rangana Herath (433)

Kapil Dev (434)

Dale Steyn (439)

India’s ace spinner R Ashwin recently surpassed veteran Harbhajan Singh to become the third leading wicket-taker for India in Test cricket. Ashwin will be further eying to surpass a couple more legendary bowlers in the three-match Test series against Proteas.

With 427 wickets, R Ashwin is four wickets shy of equalling New Zealand’s legendary Sir Richard Hadlee’s record of 431 wickets
With 13 more wickets, Ashwin will become eighth-most wicket-taker in the Test cricket
Ashwin is 7 wickets away from equalling Kapil Dev’s record of 434 wickets and will become the second most wicket-taker in Test for India
Ashwin picked up 7 wickets in 2 games, including a 4-for in the last South Africa tour in 2017-18

IND vs SA Records: Virat Kohli, R Ashwin, Cheteshwar Pujara & Ajinkya Rahane eye special milestone in South Africa series

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IND vs SA Records: Virat Kohli, R Ashwin, Cheteshwar Pujara & Ajinkya Rahane eye special milestone in South Africa series

Mohd Shami 5 scalps away from 200 Test wickets:

After being rested from the home series against New Zealand, Mohd Shami will be returning to red-ball format with the first Test at Centurion. Shami will be eying a special feat of picking 200 Test wickets.

In 54 matches, M Shami has picked up 195 wickets and need 5 more to complete 200 Test wickets
Shami has picked up 21 wickets in 5 Test matches on South African soil
He was the third most wicket-taker in the three-match series in South Africa in 2017-18. Shami scalped 15 wickets in 3 games including a 4-for and 5-for

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IND vs SA Records: Virat Kohli, R Ashwin, Cheteshwar Pujara & Ajinkya Rahane eye special milestone in South Africa series

Virat Kohli needs 199 runs to reach 8000 runs in Test cricket:

India’s Test skipper Virat Kohli is also on verge of achieving a milestone. While Kohli’s 71^st international century is much awaited, the Indian skipper is 199 runs away from completing 8000 runs in Test cricket.

Kohli has scored 7801 runs in 97 Test matches at an average of 50.65
Against South Africa, Kohli has scored 1075 in 12 matches at an average of 59.72, including 3 hundred
In South Africa, he has scored 558 runs in 5 matches at an average of 55.80, including 2 hundred

Virat Kohli-led Indian side that will play three-match Test series starting December 26 in Centurion. The second and third Test match will be played in Johannesburg and Cape Town from January 03 and January 11 respectively.

IND vs SA Records: Virat Kohli, R Ashwin, Cheteshwar Pujara & Ajinkya Rahane eye special milestone in South Africa series

India’s Test squad:

Virat Kohli (Captain), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Priyank Panchal, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj

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