Key milestones Indian cricket players can achieve in the upcoming Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy

India and England will play each other in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, which is the first instalment of a new chapter in the rivalry between the two sides. It is a key series for both sides as the fourth cycle of the World Test Championship begins. The last time India toured England the series ended 2-2 with the fifth and final game being rescheduled to Edgbaston in 2022. 

Ben Stokes and his team beat Zimbabwe in the one-off Test match and won it with ease. India, on the other hand, are coming into the series with Shubman Gill set to lead the side after replacing Rohit Sharma as the captain. Team India have also lost the services of their inspirational opener Rohit Sharma and veteran batter Virat Kohli. The duo retired from the Test format inside one week. 

The upcoming five-match series will be key for many Indian players who will be keen to help the side in the transition phase. The likes of Karun Nair, Sai Sudharsan, and Abhimanyu Easwaran will be looking to make it to the playing XI. With the ball, the focus will be on Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, and Ravindra Jadeja to come up with the goods. 

Here are the milestones Indian cricketers can achieve in the coming series. 

Shubman Gill 

Indian skipper Shubman Gill needs 107 runs to score 2000 runs in the Test format. Gill has scored 1893 runs from 32 games with an average of 35. The right-handed batter has also scored five centuries along with seven fifties. Gill also needs 413 runs to reach 5000 runs in first-class cricket. India’s Test skipper has scored 4587 runs so far with 14 centuries and 16 fifties with an average of 47. 

Rishabh Pant 

India’s Test vice-captain Rishabh Pant needs 52 runs to score 3000 runs in the red-ball format. Pant has scored 2948 runs from 43 games with an average of 42 along with six centuries and 15 fifties. The 27-year-old also needs 114 runs to score 5000 runs in the first-class format. Pant has also hit 73 sixes so far in his 43 matches and if he hits 12 more sixes, he will go past Sir Viv Richards. The former West Indian skipper has hit 84 sixes in his Test career and is currently 12th in the table for most sixes in Test cricket. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal 

India’s young opener has scored 1798 runs from 19 Test matches with an impressive average of 52 with four centuries and 10 fifties. Jaiswal needs 202 runs to reach 2000 Test runs and if he does it in the next two Tests, he will become the fourth fastest batter in terms of matches played. For the record, Sir Don Bradman got to the mark in 15 games, while George Headley did it in 17 games. Australians Michael Hussey and Marnus Labuschagne got to the mark in 20 games. Jaiswal also needs 178 runs to score 4000 in first-class cricket. 

Other records are up for grabs. 

Indian seamer Jasprit Bumrah needs three wickets to complete 300 wickets in first-class cricket. Bumrah has picked 297 scalps from 73 games so far with 19 fifers. Bumrah also needs 25 wickets to displace Mohammed Shami to make his move upwards in the all-time wicket-takers list for India in Test cricket. So far, Bumrah has taken 205 wickets, while Shami has 229 Test wickets. 

Mohammed Siraj needs 15 wickets to complete 200 wickets in international cricket. The 31-year-old has picked 100 Test wickets to go along with 71 wickets in ODIs and 14 in T20I cricket. 

Abhimanyu Easwaran needs 159 runs to get to 8000 runs in first-class cricket. The 29-year-old has scored 7841 runs so far from 103 games with an average of 48.7 along with 27 tonnes and 31 fifties. Sai Sudharan just needs 43 runs to register 2000 runs in first-class cricket. The left-handed batter has scored 1957 runs from 29 games with an average of 39. 

KL Rahul needs 435 runs to complete 9000 runs in international cricket. The 33-year-old has scored 3257 runs in Test cricket and 3043 runs in the ODI format. Rahul has also hit 2265 runs in his 72 T20I matches, which has taken his tally to 8565 runs.