India vs South Africa 2019: Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin Eye Big Records in 1st Test Match 2019 in Visakhapatnam

India takes on South Africa in the first Test of the three-match Test series on October 2, Wednesday and some Indian players are on the verge of making some great records. Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin will be eyeing some incredible milestones with the start of the Test series. The 1st Test match will be played at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. South Africa have been the dominating side against India in Tests so far, winning 15 out of the 36 clashes. India have won 11 Test matches. As India vs South Africa, 1st Test 2019 takes a countdown, here we look upon some interesting records to look out for in the match. India vs South Africa 1st Test 2019, Rain Forecast & Weather Report From Visakhapatnam: Check Pitch Report of VDCA Cricket Stadium. 

Firstly, the Indian skipper Kohli has multiple records to add to his name during the India vs South Africa Test Series 2019. Kohli is just 281 runs away from reaching 21,000 runs in international cricket. Kohli has scored 20,719 runs in his international career so far and in the three Tests against South Africa, he has a great opportunity to surpass 21K runs.  Moreover, Kohli is also on the verge of entering an elite list comprising of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag. All these former cricketers have scored more than 1000 runs against South Africa in Tests and Kohli, who has hit 758 runs against Proteas in Tests, is 242 runs behind to join the elite list. India vs South Africa Dream11 Team Prediction: Tips to Pick Best Playing XI With All-Rounders, Batsmen, Bowlers & Wicket-Keepers for IND vs SA 1st Test Match 2019. 

One more record awaits for Kohli but in the area of captaincy. Kohli, who has led Team India in 48 Test matches till now, will equal Ganguly in leading Team India in Tests. Former India skipper Ganguly led India in 49 Test matches in his career. Dhoni leads the list with 60 Tests. Kohli will also surpass Ganguly in the 2nd Test.

Taking about Ravindra Jadeja, he has 198 Test wickets so far in Test and is just 2 wickets away from reaching 200-mark. If he gets a chance to feature in the playing 11, he is largely expected to reach this milestone. Coming to Ravichandran Ashwin, he has 342 wickets in 65 Test matches. He is just 8 wickets away from 350 Test wickets and can become the joint-fastest to reach the milestone. Muttiah Muralidharan had reached 350 wickets in his 66th Test, and Ashwin can equal his record by taking 8 wickets in the next Test against South Africa.

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Well, it can be said that the India vs South Africa Test Series 2019 will be an exciting cricket encounter to watch out for. Both the teams levelled the T20I series 1-1, hence will be eager to bag the Test series in their favour.

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