Campbell’s Name Achievement (Photo: Instagram)
India vs west indies, 1st test: The first innings of the West Indies in the first Test being played against India in Ahmedabad may have been bad. But for one of his players, the achievement is also hidden in the midst of this dominant performance. We are talking about John Campbell. In the Test against India, Campbell landed opening with Tejnarayan Chandrapaul. Their pair is not frozen, but as a batsman, Campbell made such an achievement, which he became the 61st player of the West Indies.
Achievement of batsman who scored 8 runs
In the first innings of the first Test against India, the West Indies opening pair broke on the score of 12 runs. In these 12 runs, 8 runs were from John Campbell while the remaining 4 runs came from leg bye. Meaning Tejnarayan Chandrapaul was dismissed without scoring any runs. Now you must be wondering what achievement did John Campbell make his name in the match?
Campbell achieved this big achievement
The achievement made by John Campbell in the first Test against India is related to completing 1000 runs in Test cricket. This Caribbean opener may have scored only 8 runs in the first innings of the Ahmedabad Test, but it was enough to complete 1000 runs in Test cricket.
Kamal in 24th Test, became 61st player of West Indies
Before the Ahmedabad Test, John Campbell needed only 6 runs to complete 1000 runs in Test cricket. Earlier, he had 996 runs in 46 innings of 23 Tests. But, in the 47th innings of the 24th Test, he won the achievement of 1000 Test runs. And, he became the 61st batsman of the West Indies to do so.
John Campbell has 1002 runs in Test cricket. He has scored these runs with 3 half -centuries in 47 innings, in which his best score has been 68 runs.