Approaching milestones

The upcoming Test series between India and Australia might see the following important milestones achieved:

Batting:

· If Sachin Tendulkar hits a century he will……

         a) equal Sunil Gavaskar's world record of 34 centuries

         b) equal Sunil Gavaskar's world record of 16 centuries at home

         c) equal Sunil Gavaskar's Indian record of 8 centuries v Australia

· Virender Sehwag needs 49 runs to complete 2,000 runs in Test cricket

· Damien Martyn needs 125 runs to complete 3,000 Test runs

· Rahul Dravid needs 145 runs to complete 7,000 runs in Test cricket

· Sachin Tendulkar needs 211 runs to complete 2,000 Test runs v Australia

· Sourav Ganguly needs 414 runs to complete 5,000 runs in Test cricket

· VVS Laxman needs 416 runs to complete 4,000 runs in Test cricket

· Darren Lehmann needs 451 runs to complete 2,000 Test runs

· Justin Langer needs 512 runs to complete 6,000 Test runs

· Adam Gilchrist needs 515 runs to complete 4,000 Test runs

· Sachin Tendulkar needs 530 runs to complete 10,000 runs in Test cricket

Bowling:

· Anil Kumble needs 3 wickets to complete 400 wickets (Achieved)

· Shane Warne needs 6 wickets to surpass Muttiah Muralitharan's world record tally of 532 wickets

· Ashish Nehra needs 6 wickets to complete 50 Test wickets

· Glenn McGrath needs 10 wickets to complete 450 Test wickets

· Brett Lee needs 11 wickets to complete 150 Test wickets

· Zaheer Khan needs 17 wickets to complete 100 wickets

· Anil Kumble needs 19 wickets to surpass Kapil Dev's record tally of 79 wickets v Australia

Fielding:

· Rahul Dravid needs 2 catches to complete 100 catches in Test cricket (Achieved)

· Shane Warne needs 7 catches to complete 100 catches

· Ricky Ponting needs 9 catches to complete 100 catches

Wicketkeeping:

· Adam Gilchrist needs 9 dismissals to complete 250 dismissals