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Tomorrow, India and Pakistan are going to play in the first of 3 Tests. The ODI series is over and you that India won the series by 3-2. So, Indian fans are upbeat and are optimistic that India will win the Test series as well. On the other hand, Pakistani fans are also hopeful as Pakistan won the last ODI match of the ODI series.

Here, I have made a list of 30 things about India vs Pakistan Test Series 2007:

1.      India vs Pakistan test series 2007 will kick off on 22 November 2007 through the first test to be held at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.

2. India and Pakistan will face each other in three test matches in this series.
3. Anil Kumble will lead India for the first time in Test cricket in this series.
4. Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik will lead Pakistan for the first time against India in test cricket.
5. Anil Kumble will play his debut test as captain at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium where he recorded 10 wicket haul in an innings of test match against Pakistan in 1999. This was the second instance of taking all 10 wickets of an innings after English spinner Jim Laker.
6. Anil Kumble is the 30^th test captain of India.
7. The second and third test of the series will be held at Eden Gardens, Kolkata and M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore respectively.
8. Ahead of the first test, India has lost their two first bowlers- Sreesanth and RP Singh because of their injury.
9. Pakistan will also miss their ace pace bowler Mohammad Asif in the entire series.
10. Dhoni is not yet sure to take part in the first test of India vs Pakistan test series 2007 because of his ankle injury.
11. India has won the ODI series by 3-2 and thus they will have psychological edge over Pakistan ahead of the test series.
12. After a long time Pakistan will play test in India without their former captain Inzamam-ul Haq.
13. India now has separate captain for Test and ODI cricket. They will play their first test under a separate captain in the first test of the series against Pakistan. Most probably, this is the first time India has separate captain for test and ODI cricket.
14. After a long time, India’s test squad includes three specialist spinners including Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik.
15. Ahead of the test series against India, Pakistan selectors have recalled pacer Mohammad Sami.
16. India vs Pakistan cricket series 2007 will be telecast live on NEO Sports in India.
17. India is always very strong at the home soil. In the recent past, India lost only one test series against Australia in 2004 at home.
18. Pakistanin includes two specialist spinners in the squad- left arm spinner Abdur Rehman and leg spinner Danish Kaneria.
19. During the India vs Pakistan series 2007, India’s rebel cricket league (ICL) will also kick off its inaugural tournament.
20. Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria has recently set his goal to take the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar in the upcoming series.
21. GEO Super will telecast the India vs Pakistan Test series 2007 live for the cricket fans of Pakistan.
22. Pakistan squad has two cricketers- Sohail Tanvir and Sarfraz Ahmed (wk) who are yet to play their debut test match.
23. However, India’s test squad for first two tests does not include any cricketer who has not played any test match yet.
24. This is the 15^th India vs Pakistan test series.
25. India and Pakistan played 56 test matches against each other in which Pakistan won 12 matches where India emerged victorious in 8 test matches. The other 36 matches were draw.
26. India vs Pakistan test series 2007 will be the eighth India vs Pakistan test series to be held in India.
27. Virender Sehwag holds the record of highest innings played in an India vs Pakistan test series. With his 309 run innings, he is now the only batsman to have scored triple century in the history of India vs Pakistan test series. However, Virender Sehwag is not in India’s current test squad ahead of the India vs Pakistan test series 2007.
28. Among the players currently playing in Indian and Pakistan team, Anil Kumble has highest 63 test wickets in India vs Pakistan test series.
29. Among the players currently playing for India and Pakistan, Virender Sehwag has the highest 1276 test runs in India vs Pakistan test series. For Pakistan, Mohammad Yousuf has highest 1118 runs in India vs Pakistan test series.
30. The first test of India vs Pakistan test series 2007 will be test no. 1849 according to Cricinfo.

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