14th June will be a historic day for Afghanistan cricket as they are going to make their Test debut against India at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Afghanistan rely heavily on their spinners and will be hoping that Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb ur Rahman will show their magic in Test cricket as well. On the other hand, Indian team will be without the service of their regular captain Virat Kohli who is missing this Test due to injury and Ajinkya Rahane will captain India for this Test match. Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are also not playing as the duo is rested to get refreshed for England tour.
All the major stats and facts you need to know as India take on Afghanistan in the one-off Test match in Bangalore:
1 - For the first time Indian team will play a Test match at home in the month of June.
4 - Afghanistan is the 4th team to play their first ever Test match against India. Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh also played their first Test match against the Indian team.
12 - Afghanistan will become the 12th country to play Test cricket after Australia, England, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and Ireland.
87 - Dinesh Karthik has missed 87 consecutive Tests since his last Test appearance against Bangladesh in 2010 - the most consecutive Tests missed by an Indian player between his two appearances.
Most consecutive Test matches missed for a team between appearances -
Gareth Batty (ENG) - 142 (2005 - 2016)
Martin Bicknell (ENG) - 114 (1993 - 2003)
Floyd Reifer (WI) - 109 (1999 - 2009)
Younis Ahmed (PAK) - 104 (1969 - 1987)
Derek Shackleton (ENG) - 103 (1951 - 1963)
Les Jackson ( ENG) - 96 (1949 - 1961)
DINESH KARTHIK (IND) - 87 (2010 - 2018)
99 - Number of wickets taken by Umesh Yadav in Test cricket and needs 1 more wicket to become the 8th pacer and overall 22nd bowler from India to take 100 Test wickets.
2883 - Ajinkya Rahane (2883 runs) needs 117 more runs to complete 3000 Test runs. He will be 22nd Indian player to achieve this feat.
