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India after shockingly losing the first Test match will be keen to make a comeback at Visakhapatnam in the 2nd Test match despite the absence of key players like KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, etc. England's ploy of going with three spinners in the playing XI has worked big time and they have shown that the Bazball style of play in Test cricket works on the Indian soil also. This Test match will be crucial for both teams to decide the fate of this five-match Test series.
Numbers and Stats ahead of IND vs ENG 2nd Test match:
1 - Ravichandran Ashwin needs 1 more run to complete 1000 runs against England in Test cricket.
Ravichandran Ashwin vs England in Test cricket:
- Matches - 20
- Innings - 33
- Runs - 999
- Avg - 35.67
- 50s - 6; 100s - 1
2 - The Indian team have won both the Test matches they played at the Visakhapatnam venue in the past.
India in Test cricket at Visakhapatnam:
- India beat England by 246 runs in 2016
- India beat South Africa by 203 runs in 2019
2 - Ravichandran Ashwin needs 2 more wickets to become the highest wicket-taker for India vs England in Test cricket.
Most wickets for IND vs ENG in Test cricket:
- BS Chandrasekhar - 95 (38 inns)
- Ravichandran Ashwin - 94 (37 inns)
- Anil Kumble - 92 (36 inns)
4 - Ravichandran Ashwin needs 4 more wickets to complete the milestone of taking 500 wickets in Test cricket.
Most wickets by a spinner in Test cricket:
- Muralitharan - 800
- Shane Warne - 708
- Anil Kumble - 619
- Nathan Lyon - 517
- Ravichandran Ashwin - 496
12 - England skipper Ben Stokes has been dismissed by Ravichandran Ashwin 12 times in Test cricket.
Ben Stokes vs Ravichandran Ashwin in Test Cricket:
- Inns - 25
- Runs - 232
- Avg - 19.33
- Dismissals - 12
17 - Joe Root needs 17 more runs to complete 1000 Test runs on Indian soil.
Most runs by a visiting batsman in Test cricket on Indian soil:
- Clive Lloyd - 1359 (22 inns)
- Alastair Cook - 1235 (26 inns)
- Gordon Greenidge - 1042 (25 inns)
- Matthew Hayden - 1027 (22 inns)
- Alvin Kallicharran - 992 (19 inns)
- Joe Root - 983 (22 inns)
- Michael Clarke - 972 (25 inns)
28 - Ben Foakes needs 28 more runs to complete 1000 runs in his Test career.
200 - Indian skipper Rohit Sharma needs 200 more runs to complete 4000 runs in Test cricket.
Last time Rohit Sharma while opening the innings against SA in that venue scored 176 & 127 runs in both the innings respectively.
