After beating Bangladesh by 280 runs in the series opener played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, India will face the Najmul Hossain Shanto-led side in the second match at Green Park in Kanpur, which is scheduled to start on Friday (September 27). The world No. 2 Test team would like to get the better of Bangladesh once again and win the two-match series by a margin of 2-0.
In the Chennai Test, R Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, and Shubman Gill scored centuries for India, whereas Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ravindra Jadeja slammed half-centuries in the first innings. Indian team management will expect another big show from them in Kanpur.
Ahead of the second Test, here’s a look at India’s performances in 23 Tests played so far at Green Park in Kanpur:
- Result summary: 7 wins, 3 defeats, and 13 draws in 23 matches.
- Highest total: 676 for 7 (dec) in 167.1 overs against Sri Lanka in December 1986.
- Lowest total: 121 all out in 61.5 overs against England in January 1952.
- Biggest win (by an innings): India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs in November 2009.
- Biggest win (by runs): India beat South Africa by 280 runs in December 1996.
- Biggest win (by wickets): By 8 wickets each against New Zealand in October 1999 and South Africa in April 2008.
- Most runs: 776 runs in seven matches by Gundappa Viswanath.
- Highest individual score: 199 runs by Mohammad Azharuddin against Sri Lanka in December 1986.
- Highest average (min 5 innings): 181.00 by Mohammad Azharuddin (543 runs in three Tests).
- Most 100s: 3 centuries each by Mohammad Azharuddin and Gundappa Viswanath.
- Most 50s: 5 half-centuries in nine Tests by Sunil Gavaskar.
- Most ducks: 3 zeros in five Tests by Chandu Borde.
- Most sixes: 6 sixes in three Tests by Virender Sehwag.
- Most sixes (in an innings): 3 maximums each by Salim Durani, Bishan Singh Bedi, and Ravindra Jadeja.
- Most wickets: 25 wickets in seven Tests by Kapil Dev.
- Best bowling figures (in an innings): 9 for 69 in 35.5 overs by Jasubhai Patel against Australia in December 1959.
- Best bowling figures (in a match): 14 for 124 in 61.3 overs by Jasubhai Patel against Australia in December 1959.
- Most five-wicket hauls: 2 each by Jasubhai Patel, Anil Kumble, and Subhash Gupte.
- Most 10 wickets (in a match): 1 each by Jasubhai Patel, Anil Kumble, R Ashwin, and Subhash Gupte.
- Most dismissals: 16 (14 catches & 2 stumpings) by Syed Kirmani in seven Tests.
- Most catches: 7 catches in five Tests by Rahul Dravid.
- Highest partnership: 272 runs for the sixth wicket between Kapil Dev and Mohammad Azharuddin against Sri Lanka in December 1986.
- Most matches: 9 Tests by Sunil Gavaskar.
- Most wins as captain: 2 wins each by MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar.
In the last Test played at the Green Park in November 2021, India played a draw against Kane Williamson’s New Zealand. Shreyas Iyer scored a century and fifty for India on his debut, and Axar Patel picked up a five-wicket haul in the first inning.
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