Milestones that may be broken during the India-South Africa Test Series

With the 4-match Test series between India and South Africa all set to get underway in Mohali on 5 November 2015, all eyes will be on some milestones which are on the horizon for players from both teams.While achieving a few of them almost look like a certainty for the respective players, the others may require a superlative effort.Here we take a look at what’s in store in this series in terms of milestones:

#1 8000 Test runs for AB de Villiers

AB de Villiers is on course to become the fastest South African to 8000 runs

With 7606 Test runs against his name prior to the start of the series against India, AB de Villiers is close to reaching the 8000-run milestone. However, he will need to have a more than decent series in order to get there.

But two factors make that likely. First is the fact that we are talking about arguably the greatest batsman in world cricket today and secondly, it is the fact that he loves the Indian bowling attack. So, we can surely bank on ABD to achieve this milestone.