The first Test match is being played between India and England in Leeds. Prior to this series, star batsman Sai Sudarshan has got a chance to debut in Tests for Team India. Due to which the day of 20 June has become special for Sai Sudarshan. However, this date is also special in Indian cricket history as not 1-2, but not 1-2, but made his debut by Indian players. These include Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Virat Kohli, Abhinav Mukund, Praveen Kumar and Sai Sudarshan. Sudarshan was handed over a debut cap by Cheteshwar Pujara and he has now become the 317th player to play Tests for India.
Talking about Rahul Dravid, he made his Test debut against England on 20 June 1996 at Lord’s. He played 164 Test matches in his career. During this period, scored an average of 52.31 in 286 innings and 13288 runs at a strike rate of 42.5. In the Test, Dravid scored 63 half -centuries as well as 36 centuries. He is the second highest run -scorer in Tests.
At the same time, the former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly also started his Test career against England on the same day at Lord’s. Dada scored 7212 runs in 188 innings of 113 Test matches in his career.
On 20 June 2011, Virat Kohli made his Test debut against the West Indies. He scored 9230 runs in 210 innings of 123 Tests. Kohli has put 31 fifty and 30 centuries in the Test. He is the fourth highest run -scorer in Tests.
Along with Kohli, fast bowlers Praveen Kumar and Abhinav Mukund made a Test debut. Mukund scored 320 runs in 14 innings of 7 Tests. At the same time, Praveen Kumar achieved 27 successes in 11 innings of 6 Tests. During this, he once took 5 wickets hall.