New Delhi: The third match of the 5-match Test series between India and Australia is set to take place at Gabba in Brisbane starting from Saturday (14 December). This match presents an opportunity for 5 Indian batters to potentially break 8 records. Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, and Virat Kohli will have the chance to create 2 records each, while Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma also have the opportunity to achieve significant milestones in Test cricket.
Let’s find out which Indian batters can make what record: Shubman Gill is just 141 runs away from reaching 2000 Test runs. Gill has scored 1859 runs in 56 innings of 30 matches. Shubman Gill needs only 41 runs to surpass Yuvraj Singh in terms of scoring runs in Test cricket. Yuvraj has scored 1900 runs in 62 innings of 40 Tests.Rishabh Pant needs only 220 runs to complete 3000 runs in Test cricket. Pant has scored 3720 runs in 70 innings of 40 Tests.Virat Kohli needs 102 runs to surpass Graeme Smith in Test cricket run-scoring rankings and he needs 119 runs to overtake Hashim Amla. Smith has 9265 runs and Amla has 9282 runs. Virat Kohli needs just one run to surpass Rahul Dravid in terms of scoring runs against Australia. Dravid has scored 2166 runs in 62 innings of 33 matches. Kohli has scored 2165 runs in 48 innings of 27 matches.KL Rahul is just 74 runs away from surpassing Navjot Singh Sidhu in terms of scoring runs in Test cricket. KL Rahul has 3128 runs in 95 innings of 55 Tests. Sidhu has 3202 runs in 78 innings of 51 matches.KL Rahul is on the verge of surpassing India’s legend Mohammad Azharuddin and Pakistan’s great batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq in terms of scoring runs in Tests against Australia. Azhar has 780 runs and Inzamam has 785 runs. Rahul has 765 runs.