IND vs AUS: Pat Cummins created history by taking the wicket of Rohit Sharma, became the first captain to do so in Test cricket.
Rohit Sharma and Pat Cummins
IND vs AUS Test Series: The Boxing Day Test match being played between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground is in a very exciting situation at the moment in which the host Australia has given a target of 340 runs to Team India to win. In this match, Kangaroo team captain Pat Cummins has created a new history in Test cricket by taking the wicket of Rohit Sharma. In this match, Rohit Sharma lost his wicket for the second time in a row on the ball of Pat Cummins. Cummins sent Rohit to the pavilion on a personal score of just 9.
Pat Cummins made this new record in Test as captain
It is rarely seen in Test cricket, when the captain of one team gets the wicket of the captain of his opposing team, but when Pat Cummins got the wicket of Rohit Sharma on the 5th day of the Boxing-Day Test match. So he did this for the sixth time when he managed to get the wicket of Rohit Sharma as captain, in which Rohit was holding the responsibility of captaining Team India at that time. This is also a new world record in Test cricket because before this Richie Benod had made Ted Dexter his victim 5 times in which both were the captains of their respective teams.
The captain who has dismissed the captain of the opposing team the most number of times in Test cricket
Rohit Sharma – 6 outs against Pat Cummins
Ted Dexter – 5 outs against Richie Benod
Sunil Gavaskar – 5 outs against Imran Khan
Gulabrai Ramchand – 4 outs against Richie Benod
Clive Lloyd – 4 outs against Kapil Dev
Peter May – 4 outs against Richie Benod
Pat Cummins becomes the captain with the highest number of Test wickets at home
Pat Cummins has become the captain for Australia with the highest wicket taker at home, with 79 wickets in his name so far. The name of former Pakistani team captain Imran Khan is at the first place in this list, who had taken a total of 88 wickets in Test cricket while playing at home as captain. Apart from this, the name of Richie Benod is at third place in this list who had taken 76 wickets.
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