Cricket News Desk. The Indian team is currently on Australia tour. Where a five-match test series is being played between the two teams. In the first match of this series, Team India's star young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal was seen in tremendous form. Despite being out without opening the account in the first innings of the match, he made a brilliant comeback in the second innings and scored a half-century. He has troubled the Kangaroo bowlers with his brilliant batting. During this, he made a world record in his name by hitting two sixes in this match. He has become the batsman to hit the most number of sixes in a calendar year in Test cricket. Earlier this record was in the name of Brendon McCullum of New Zealand.
Jaiswal has many sixes in his name
Before this match, Yashasvi Jaiswal had a total of 32 sixes in his name in Test cricket this year. With two sixes in the second innings against Australia, he took 34 sixes to his name and became No. 1 in the list of batsmen with most number of sixes in a calendar year in Test cricket. Earlier in the year 2014, McCullum had hit 33 sixes. In such a situation, let us take a look at the list of top 5 such batsmen.
Top 5 batsmen with most sixes in Tests in a calendar year
34 – Yashasvi Jaiswal (2024)*
33 – Brendon McCullum (2014)
26 – Ben Stokes (2022)
22 – Adam Gilchrist (2005)
22 – Virender Sehwag (2008)
Great partnership with KL Rahul
The Indian team is looking very good in the first test match against Australia. After being out for only 150 runs in the first innings of this match, everyone felt that this match was out of the hands of Team India, but after this the Indian bowlers bowled out Australia for just 104 runs and then Team India started the match in the first innings. The batsmen performed brilliantly. Start the second innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal made a partnership of 150+ runs with KL Rahul.
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