India will face Bangladesh in a two-match Test series. The first red-ball match is scheduled to take place at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai from Thursday (September 19), whereas Kanpur’s iconic Green Park will host the second match from September 27 onwards. The Rohit Sharma-led side, which sits at No. 1 position in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 points table, would like to get the better of Najmul Hossain Shanto & Co. in the upcoming two matches to boost its chances of qualifying for the WTC final for the third season in a row.
Despite India’s superb record in the Test matches played so far between the two teams, it won’t be an easy task for the hosts to get the better of Bangladesh this time around because the visitors will be high on confidence after securing a shocking 2-0 win over Pakistan in the two-match Test series.
Ahead of the start of the India-Bangladesh Test series, here’s a look at how these two sides have performed in 13 matches played so far and who are the top performers and record-holders:
- Most wins: 11 wins in 13 Tests for India.
- Highest total: 687 for 6 (declare) in 166 overs by India in Hyderabad (February 2017).
- Lowest total: 91 all out in 46.3 overs by Bangladesh in Dhaka (November 2000).
- Biggest win (by an innings): India beat Bangladesh by an innings and 239 runs in Mirpur (May 2007).
- Biggest win (by runs): India beat Bangladesh by 208 runs in Hyderabad (February 2017).
- Biggest win (by wickets): India beat Bangladesh by 10 wickets in Mirpur (January 2010).
- Most runs: 820 runs in 7 matches by Sachin Tendulkar of India.
- Highest individual score: 248 not out from 379 balls by Sachin Tendulkar (India) in Dhaka (December 2004).
- Highest average (min 5 innings): 136.66 by Sachin Tendulkar (820 runs).
- Most 100s: 5 centuries in seven matches by Sachin Tendulkar.
- Most 50s: 5 half-centuries in five Tests by Cheteshwar Pujara (India).
- Most ducks: 2 zeros each by Wasim Jaffer & Zaheer Khan (India); Manjural Islam Rana, Ebadot Hossain, Rajin Saleh, Javed Omar, Mominul Haque, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, and Mohammad Ashraful (Bangladesh).
- Most sixes: 8 sixes each by Mayank Agarwal (India) and Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh).
- Most sixes (in an innings): 8 maximums by Mayank Agarwal during his 243-run knock in Indore (November 2019).
- Most runs in a series: 284 runs in two matches by Sachin Tendulkar during the India tour of Bangladesh in December 2004.
- Most wickets: 31 wickets in seven Tests by Zaheer Khan of India.
- Best bowling figures (in an innings): 7 for 87 in 20.3 overs by Zaheer Khan in Mirpur (January 2010).
- Best bowling figures (in a match): 11 for 96 in 31 overs by Irfan Pathan of India in Dhaka (December 2004).
- Most five-wicket hauls: 3 in two Tests by Irfan Pathan.
- Most 10 wickets (in a match): 1 each by Zaheer Khan and Irfan Pathan.
- Most wickets in a series: 18 wickets in two Tests by Irfan Pathan during India tour of Bangladesh in December 2004.
- Most dismissals: 15 (12 catches & 3 stumpings) by MS Dhoni of India in three Tests.
- Most catches: 13 catches in seven Tests by Rahul Dravid of India.
- Highest partnership: 283 runs for the 1st wicket between Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan of India in Fatullah (June 2015).
- Most matches: 8 Tests each by Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim (both from Bangladesh).
- Most wins as captain: 3 wins each by Virat Kohli and Sourav Ganguly (both from India).
In the last Test series played between India and Bangladesh in December 2022, India managed to get the better of Bangladesh by 188 runs and 3 wickets to win the two-match series by a margin of 2-0 under KL Rahul’s leadership.
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