Bangladesh vs India, 1st Test Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Team India, after having lost the ODI series, would now face Bangladesh for a two-match Test series in their own backyard. KL Rahul and co. after having the consolation win in the third game will look to carry the momentum in the longest format of game. On the other hand, Bangladesh after winning the series against India in ODI would look to continue the same in the Test series.

Both the teams have had mediocre performances as far the Test match is concerned in 2022, with India winning two out of five games and Bangladesh winning one out of eight games that they have played. Rishabh Pant has been pick of the player for India in 2022 with 532 runs in 9 innings, he has two tons and three half-centuries to his name. Ravichandran Ashwin leads the bowling chart among the players in the squad with 13 wickets in 8 innings. Litton Das has been impressive for Bangladesh scoring 659 runs in 14 innings with two tons and four half-centuries, while Ebadot Hossain leads the bowling chart with 20 wickets in 13 innings

India would miss the services of Rohit Sharma due to injury and Bangladesh would miss the services of leading pace spearhead in Taskin Ahmed due to injury. Rohit-less India would aim to pile up the WTC points with a win; on the other hand, Bangladesh would look for a consolation win in WTC against the big odds.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of the 1^st Test between Bangladesh and India:

Head-to-Head: Bangladesh and India have locked horns in 11 Test matches with Team India winning 9 out of 11 matches and losing none. In Bangladesh both of them have met on 8 occasions with India winning 6, Bangladesh winning 0 and two ending in draw

1 – KL Rahul (99) is one grab away from completing 100 catches in international cricket.

8 – R Ashwin (442) needs eight wickets to reach the milestone of 450 Test wickets.

3 – Shakib Al Hasan (647) needs three scalps to reach 650 wickets across formats.

69 – R Ashwin (2931) requires 69 runs to complete the landmark of 3000 runs in Test cricket.

10 – Mohammed Siraj (40) needs ten scalps to reach 50 wickets in Test matches.

7 – Mahmudul Hasan Joy (43) is seven fours away from completing 50 fours in Tests.

2 – Rishabh Pant (48) is two big hits away from reaching 50 maximums in the longest format of the game.

87 – Najmul Hossain Shanto (913) requires 87 runs to get to the landmark of 1000 runs in Test cricket.

25 – Rishabh Pant (3975) requires 25 runs to complete 4000 runs in international matches.

5 – Nurul Hasan (45) needs five fours to get to 50 fours in Test cricket.

1 – Ebadot Hossain (49) needs just one wicket to get to 50 wickets across formats.