India vs West Indies: Milestones and Records that can be achieved in the 2nd Test Match

The first of the two-match Test Series got underway in Rajkot and was over inside 3 days with Team India dominating the visitors in all the departments of the game. Three players scored centuries for the host team while the West Indies failed to put up a fight either with the bat nor the ball.

The Indian team recorded their largest win over any opposition int surpassing their recent margin of victory against Afghanistan in the latter's maiden Test outing. The 2nd Test appears to be in no way different as the West Indies team is mostly inexperienced and does not seem to have the same talent like that of the English team which defeated India comprehensively in comparatively different, and in far more tougher conditions.

But the visitors will want to put a much more disciplined performance to get some confidence ahead of their much more favorite format of the game which will see the return of some of their biggest stars going around.

The build-up to the series was enough to say that this won't be competitive but we will look at some of the milestones and records that could occur in the 2nd and the last Test match of the series.

#5 Ashwin getting another Man of the Series award

The spinning wizard.

Ravichandran Ashwin has not been in the best of forms in recent times and struggled as the series progressed in England despite starting the tour on a positive note. But he has the opportunity to come to his own self in the ongoing home series against the West Indies.

Ashwin has been one of the best performers for India since he made his Test debut and along with the likes of Kohli, Pujara, Rahane, Jadeja, and others he has taken the Indian team to what it is today.

Over the years, Ashwin has been the main contributor to many of India's series-winning performances particularly in the Asian conditions with as many as 8 Man of the Series awards which is an Indian record. He can add to that tally and become the 2nd most in the history of Test cricket jointly with the South African great Kallis.

#4 Two players making their Test Debut in the same match

Agarwal could be finally making his debut.

Mayank Agarwal and Mohammad Siraj could be the latest addition to the Test arena should they make their debut against the West Indies. The first match saw the arrival of the prodigy Prithvi Shaw to the international circuit and he performed admirably, scoring a century in the process and also won the Man of the Match award for his work.

Mayank Agarwal has been selected in the team on the back of his marvelous run of scores in the domestic circuit dating from the 2016 Ranji trophy and has been finally given a chance due to the failure of the Indian top order batsmen. The onus will now be on the likes of Shaw, Mayank, and Rahul to take to take their game to another new level.

Mohammad Siraj has been a find for the Indian cricket over the past year or so. He has played few T20s for India in the past but not in the Test format. In all the likelihood, he could be handed a Test cap when the two teams meet each other in his hometown of Hyderabad next Friday.

#3 Kohli scoring his 25th Test ton

On a record breaking spree.

Virat Kohli is on the top of his game ever since eternity. He is scoring runs for fun and recently scored his 24th Test century in the first match against the visiting West Indies.

He is the no 1 Test batsman the world right now, and with age on his side, he could be embarking on a career to superstardom.

He is in line to score in his 25th Test century in the 2nd Test match and become only the 4th player in the history of the game after Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, and Kumar Sangakkara to score 25 or more centuries in both the ODI and Test formats of the game.

Virat has been long touted as the man to break the long-standing records of Sachin Tendulkar and this could be just the start of it.

#2 Prithvi Shaw scoring his 2nd Century

Outstanding debut.

Prithvi Shaw finally made his much-awaited debut against the West Indies in what was one of the lopsided affairs. Shaw has managed to erase all the pressures of huge expectations on him in this very young age. He scored a magnificent hundred on his debut innings and announced his arrival on the world stage in style.

He became just the 15th Indian player to score a Test century on debut and he is definitely a star for the future. His innings has diminished any hopes of Murali Vijay ,and Dhawan making a comeback to the team for the Australian tour at least for the time being.

This is not all, Shaw could become the 9th batsman in the history of the great game and just the 4th Indian after Azharuddin, Ganguly, and Rohit Sharma to score two centuries in the first two matches of their careers.

#1 Kuldeep Yadav claiming his 100th international wicket

3 shy of 100 Intl wickets.

Kuldeep Yadav has come a long way since his debut season of IPL in 2016 on the back of which he became a regular fixture in the Indian squad in all the formats of the game.

He made his international debut last year in a Test match against Australia in Dharamsala and now is on the verge of crossing 100 wickets for India in just his 47th bowling innings.He could be one of the fastest to cross that landmark from his debut in terms of innings played.

Kuldeep Yadav's career has been on the rise and these are good indications for Indian cricket for the long term future.