The all-around player for India, Ravindra Jadeja, is about to set a record in Test cricket. Thus, the star player can surpass other Indian greats, Ravichandran Ashwin and Kapil Dev. In Test cricket, Jadeja merely needs one wicket to get 300 scalps.
Should he accomplish this in India’s Kanpur Test against Bangladesh, he will become the country’s fastest player, reaching 3000 runs and 300 wickets in Test cricket.
With Ian Botham leading the way, Jadeja will finish in second place overall. It took Botham 72 matches to attain the milestone. It’s Jadeja’s 73rd match in the format as they play Bangladesh in the current second Test.
Play was abandoned before tea on the first day of the second Test between India and Bangladesh in Kanpur due to poor light and persistent rain. The visitors won 107-3 on Friday, and the following two days were abandoned without a ball being bowled.
Mominul Haque, at forty, and Mushfiqur Rahim, at six, were batting when, following lunch, umpires removed the players from the field due to poor visibility caused by thick clouds.
Shakib Al Hasan, the former captain of Bangladesh, declared on Thursday that he was retiring from international cricket. This match may be his final Test match.
With further downpours predicted for Saturday in the northern Indian city, officials canceled play after the covers were laid down due to the dim light turning into heavy rain.
With two wickets in the opening hour of play, fast bowler Akash Deep supported captain Rohit Sharma’s decision to field as India, leading the two-match series 1-0, came into play.
With his seaming deliveries to the left-handers, he dismissed openers Shadman Islam, trapped lbw on 24, and Zakir Hasan, bowled out for a duck.
The opposition batters have been constantly disturbed by the hosts’ three seamers, who have come in with many deliveries that beat the bat.
Shakib, 37, the former captain of Bangladesh, announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday. Should he be unable to travel home in time for a scheduled series against South Africa, this may be his final Test match.
Shakib, a former congressman for the party of the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has refrained from traveling to Bangladesh since he and other of her erstwhile friends face potential criminal charges.