India Vs England: Virat Kohli has chance to break the record of Rahul Dravid on English soil; find out here
India Vs England: Virat Kohli has chance to break the record of Rahul Dravid on English soil; find out here
Virat Kohil and his boys are all set to the level the win-loss ratio in the fourth Test match at the Southampton. Joe Root led England cricket team are leading in the five Test match series by 2-1.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli returned to the top spot in the latest ICC Test Rankings after his brilliant performance in the third Test against England. Virat Kohli scored 97 and 103 in the third Test at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, which Virat Kohli led Indian cricket team won by 203 runs.
The third Test match at Trent Bridge in Nottingham was a personal triumph for Kohli as he also became the first skipper to score 200 or more runs in a winning cause. Kohli achieved this feat for seven times leaving behind Australian greats Bradman and Ponting, who had achieved the feat six times each.
With 440 runs currently, Virat Kohli already has broken the record for the most runs by an Indian skipper in England in a single series. However, the record for the highest runs by an Indian batsman in England is still held by Rahul Dravid who had scored 602 runs against England in 2002 in 4 Test Matches.
India's squad for the fourth and fifth Tests against England:
Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Karun Nair, Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Hanuma Vihari.
England Squad:
Joe Root (captain), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow (wicket-keeper), Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler (back-up wk), Alastair Cook, Sam Curran, Keaton Jennings, Ollie Pope, Adil Rashid, Ben Stokes, James Vince, and Chris Woakes.
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