India achieve more Test Cricket Wins than Losses for the first time in 92 Years

India achieves more Test Cricket Wins than Losses for the first time in 92 Years (Photo Source: X (Twitter)

Team India registered an emphatic win in the first Test of the ongoing two-match series against Bangladesh. Both sides locked horns in the first Test of the series at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai, on September 19. However, in registering the mammoth win, team India achieved a major milestone. 

The win saw India end their 92-year wait since playing the longest format of having more Test wins than losses. The win at Chepauk was India’s 179th Test win out of the 580 matches. Over the years, India have lost 178 Test matches and drawn 222 matches, respectively.

Notably, India took the most number of matches in history to achieve the feat, with the likes of New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, and Ireland yet to join the list. Furthermore, team India will have the opportunity to improve their ratio when they take on Bangladesh in the second Test of the ongoing series. Both sides will now take on each other in Kanpur. The final game of the series will commence on September 27.

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India announce unchanged squad for second Test

Ahead of the second Test of the series, the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) announced an unchanged squad for the upcoming clash in Kanpur. Speaking of Team India’s pace battery, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, and Yash Dayal were named in the squad.

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However, the fans are yet to see which players will make it to the playing XI for the Kanpur Test, given that the venue has historically assisted the spinners more than the pacers. With a shot at improving their win-to-loss ratio in Test ratio, India will also hope to clinch the series with a second straight win as well.

India’s squad for 2nd Test vs Bangladesh:

Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (Wk), Dhruv Jurel (Wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal.