It was a day of data in the continued first Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand in Sylhet. The skipper of the house crew Najmul Hossain Shanto turned the primary ever participant from Bangladesh to notch up a Test ton on captaincy debut at the same time as he turned the thirty second cricketer total to realize this feat.
Earlier in the day, New Zealand skipper Tim Southee additionally created a unique double after scoring 35 runs with the bat, the knock that helped the guests sneak a 7-run lead in the primary innings. During his innings, Southee additionally accomplished 2000 runs in Test cricket and have become the third Kiwi cricketer to realize a unique double of 2000 runs and 300 wickets in the longest format of the sport.
Before him, Richard Hadlee and Daniel Vettori had accomplished this unique double earlier than with the previous being the quickest among the many total list as properly. While Hadlee achieved this document in simply 61 Tests, Vettori did it in the 94th match of his profession. Southee is the slowest amongst them having accomplished it in 95 Tests.
| Player | Tests taken to finish the double |
| Richard Hadlee | 61 |
| Daniel Vettori | 94 |
| Tim Southee | 95 |
If the Indian cricketers are thought-about, 4 of them have achieved this unique document. Kapil Dev, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble and Ravichandran Ashwin amassed greater than 2000 runs and picked greater than 300 wickets throughout their Test profession. Perhaps, Ashwin continues to be taking part in with 489 wickets and 3185 runs to his title in 95 Tests to this point at the same time as he will probably be a part of the upcoming Test sequence towards South Africa after which can even characteristic in 5 Tests towards England at house.
Indian cricketers to realize the double of 2000+ runs and 300+ wickets in Tests: Kapil Dev, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Ravichandran Ashwin
