India will take on England in the third Test match at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot from Thursday onwards. The hosts won the second Test match at Vizag by 106 runs to level the series 1-1 after losing the opening game by 28 runs.

While Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill delivered in the second Test, the rest of the Indian batters will need to come up with more consistent performances.

On the other hand, England’s batters also need to convert their starts into substantial scores. Zak Crawley scored fifties in both innings at Vizag but failed to get a big score for the team. The visitors need to come up with a more collective batting performance.

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England captain Ben Stokes will play his 100th Test match for the country.

India’s ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin needs one more wicket to complete 500 Test wickets. He will become the second Indian spinner after Anil Kumble to reach the milestone.

England’s veteran batter Joe Root needs 32 runs to complete 11500 runs in the red-ball version.

Jonny Bairstow requires 98 runs to complete 6000 runs in the oldest format.

England’s spearhead James Anderson requires five more wickets to become the first fast bowler to reach the mountain of 700 wickets. Anderson will become the third bowler after Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne to breach the landmark.

Ravindra Jadeja needs 107 runs to reach the milestone of 3000 runs in Test cricket.

Zak Crawley requires 96 runs to get to the landmark of 2500 runs.

Ollie Pope needs 121 runs to complete the 2500-run mark.

Indian skipper needs 172 runs to reach the milestone of 4000 runs in Test cricket.