Rohit Sharma's army blew up, this happened for the first time in the 147 year old history of Test; Completed a special 'century'

Teams to hit most test Sixes in year: The first match of the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand is being held at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The brilliance of the Indian batsmen was seen on the third day of this match. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan took full notice of the bowlers of the Kiwi team. During this period, the Indian team also hit five sixes. With the help of these sixes, Team India has made a big record in its name, which no other team could achieve in the last 147 years of Test cricket.

India becomes the first country to score a century of sixes in test cricket in a year

In fact, the Men in Blue have now become the first team to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket in a calendar year. The Indian team has hit 102* sixes so far this year. This special record was registered in the name of the Indian team as soon as three sixes were hit on the third day of the Bengaluru Test. Rohit Sharma and company broke England's record, they had hit 89 sixes in 2022. Shubman Gill (16) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (29) played an important role in registering this record in the name of Team India.

Five teams who hit the most sixes in test cricket in a year

1. Team India- 102* sixes (2024)

2. England- 89 sixes (2022)

3. Team India- 87 sixes (2011)

4. New Zealand- 81 sixes (2014)

5. New Zealand- 71 sixes (2013)

In the Test being held between India and New Zealand, Team India, batting first, was bundled out for just 46 runs. In response, New Zealand batted brilliantly and managed to take a huge lead of 356 runs by scoring 402 runs.

Team India's batsmen seem to be in good form in the second innings. Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave a good start to the team. Hitman played an important inning of 52 runs. Whereas, 70 runs came from Kohli's bat. By stumps on the third day, the host team had scored 231 runs after losing 3 wickets. Sarfaraz Khan is batting on 70 not out.

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