Ind vs Eng match: Milestones that might happen in 3rd Test 2024

 Ind vs Eng match: Milestones that might happen in 3rd Test 2024

Milestone alert!

In the ongoing 3rd Test match between India and England, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja scored two beautiful centuries that helped India to recover from 33-3. With that, Rohit Sharma was able to achieve a milestone by becoming the oldest captain to score a century in Test matches.

India have dominated England on day 2 of the third Test and scored 455.  Talking about milestones, Ravichandran Ashwin has completed his 500 Test wickets in the ongoing match. Moreover, several other players are likely to achieve several milestones by the end of the match.

Let’s take a look at the milestones that might happen in the 3rd Test:

1. James Anderson (696) needs four wickets to reach the milestone of 700 wickets in Test cricket

James Anderson
James Anderson (Source: X)

In 184 matches, James Anderson has taken 696 wickets and is four short of creating history. With that, Anderson will become the third bowler to achieve this milestone. Anderson is one of those bowlers who has been consistently taking wickets according to the situation. Moreover, he’s also nearing the 1000 wickets in Test, ODI, and T20I. Once again, Anderson will become the third bowler after Shane Warne and Muttiah Muritharan to take 1000 wickets.

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