India has lost 3 tests in Kanpur

The second match of the Test series between India and Bangladesh will be played in Kanpur from 27th September. The match will be held at the Green Park Stadium, where India has so far won 7 Tests and lost 3 matches. Here Ravichandran Ashwin is the top wicket taker in the current squad.

In Kanpur, Rohit Sharma has scored 2 centuries and Virat Kohli has scored one international century. However, both the players could play only one test here. Kanpur’s pitch helps the spinners, so the batsmen of both the teams may have to face problems.

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Track record of Green Park Stadium
Indian batsmen’s performance in Kanpur
Indian bowlers’ performance in Kanpur

Rohit Sharma top run scorer in Green Park

India captain Rohit Sharma is the top run scorer in the squad present at the Green Park Stadium. He has two centuries in ODI and one fifty in Test. He has scored 432 runs in 5 matches played so far. Whereas Virat Kohli is the second top scorer of the team by scoring 199 runs in the same number of matches. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin are the third and fourth top scorers in the current squad. Both of them also made a partnership of 199 runs in the first test.

Kohli flopped in test

All the Indian batsmen have played only 1-1 Test in Kanpur, while all-rounders Ashwin and Jadeja have played 2-2 Tests here. In the Kanpur Test, Jadeja has 142 runs and Ashwin has 110 runs. Rohit Sharma is at third place with 103 runs, he played his only Test here in 2016. Then he played innings of 35 and 68 runs.

Virat Kohli also played his only Test in Kanpur in 2016. Then he could score only 9 and 18 runs. However, in Kanpur, KL Rahul has 70 runs and Shubman Gill has 53 runs in his name. Both played their only Test here in 2021.

Ashwin is the top wicket taker

Ravichandran Ashwin is the top wicket taker in the current Indian squad in Kanpur. He has taken 19 wickets in 4 matches. After him Ravindra Jadeja is at second place with 12 wickets. Here in 2021, Axar Patel also played Test along with Jadeja and Ashwin. Then he took 6 wickets.

Mohammad Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep and Jasprit Bumrah have not been able to play even a single Test in Kanpur so far. However, Bumrah has played 2 limited overs matches in Kanpur, in which he has taken 3 wickets.

Ashwin is on top in test also

Ashwin and Jadeja have played 2-2 tests in Kanpur. Ashwin has 16 wickets in his name and Jadeja has 11 wickets in his name. Akshar is at third position with 6 wickets. The rest of the bowlers of the team will now be seen playing a Test for the first time in Kanpur.

India played 57% test draws, last match also a draw

Test matches are being played at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur since 1952. Since then, a total of 23 Tests were held here, India won 7 and lost 3. During this period, about 57% i.e. 13 matches were drawn. Since 2010, only 2 Tests have been played here, both against New Zealand. India had won in 2016, while in 2021 New Zealand had drawn the match.

Spinners dominate

There is a possibility of getting a black soil pitch in the Green Park Stadium. On such a pitch, the ball gets less bounce and the spinners become dominant as the game progresses. So far the spinners have taken 346 wickets and the pacers have taken 260 wickets.