5 Records that can be broken in WTC Final 2021 IND vs NZ and some interesting facts, Check out

5 Records that can be broken in WTC Final 2021 IND vs NZ and some interesting facts, Check out:

WTC Final Records: It’s high time for both the teams. After fighting hard for two years both the teams are ready to take on each other for the one last time in the WTC Final 2019-2021 on 18 June 2021.

Sub-continent giants India settled down in Southampton by sweating out in the gym, by playing an intra-squad practice match. Kohli and company are geared up for the grand finale.

On the other hand, the silent killer from the pacific, the world number 1 Test side came into the finals full of confidence after crushing England on their home soil.

IND vs NZ Head to Head Statistics:

Head To Head in Tests

• Matches Played: 59
• India Won: 21
• New Zealand Won: 12
• Draw: 26
• Tie/No Result: 0

Here is the list of some record that can be broken in WTC Final 2021:

• Virat Kohli can become the first Indian Captain to won ICC Trophy both in U-19 and senior level:

King Kohli will have a great chance to become India’s first captain who has won an ICC Trophy both in U-19 and senior level with a win or draw in a final. Pakistan’s Sarfaraz Ahmed is the only captain on this list. He has won An ICC U-19 WC in 2006 and a Champions Trophy in 2017.

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• Ishant Sharma geared up to complete 200 away Test wickets:

Sharmaji is only a single wicket away from taking 200 wickets in away Test matches. He will become the third fast bowler to complete this milestone after legendary Kail Dev (215) and Zaheer Khan (207).

• Tim Southee on the way to bang his 600 wickets:

Tim Southee is on the way to become the first Kiwi pacer who takes 600 international wickets. Southee has picked up 598 wickets so far in all three formats of the game and he is only 2 wickets away from reaching the milestone. He will be the second bowler after Daniel Vettori (705) to reach there.

• Ross Taylor reaching towards 18,000 Runs:

To become the first player from New Zealand who scored 18,000 international runs, Ross Taylor needs just 4 runs. He has scored 17,996 runs in his international career.

• Virat Kohli surpassing MSD:

Virat Kohli will take place on top as the most Test matches as a captain for India going past MS Dhoni (60). This will be his 61st Test match as a captain.

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Some Interesting facts in WTC Final 2021:

• This is the first time that Ashwin, Jadeja, Bumrah, Ishant, and Shami these five prime bowlers of India are playing together in a Test.
• India’s last victory against New Zealand was 18 years ago When they beat the kiwis in the 2003 Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly.
  Since then India lost every match to the Kiwis at ICC events.
• By Taking 4 wickets Ravi Ashwin (67) can become the leading wicket-taker in the inaugural WTC.
• This will be the 10th time India will be playing a final in an ICC event which is equal to Australia.
• Rohit Sharma (27) needs to hit 5 more sixes to take a top seat in terms of most number of sixes in WTC. Ben Stokes (31) is sitting at the top at the moment.