Indian cricket team's young opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has created history in Test cricket. By hitting two big sixes in the second innings of the ongoing Perth Test match against Australia, the youngster broke the record of scoring the highest number of sixes in the Test cricket calendar year.
This record was previously set by former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, but now Jaiswal has overtaken him. At the end of the second day of play, the 22-year-old was unbeaten in the middle with a score of 90* runs in 193 deliveries and was firmly at the crease along with his fellow opener KL Rahul (62 runs in 153 deliveries).
Yashasvi has now overtaken McCullum
Jaiswal has hit a total of 34 big sixes so far in the 2024 Test cricket year, while Brendon McCullum has hit 33 maximums in the calendar year of the game's longest format in 2014.
Such as (26 sixes in 2022) and Adam Gilchrist (22 sixes in 2006) are also part of this list at positions three and four. India's legendary batsman Virender Sehwag (22 sixes in 2008) is also in the top five, joint fourth with Gilchrist.
List of players who have hit the most sixes in a Test cricket calendar year
- 34* sixes by Yashasvi Jaiswal of India in 2024
- 33 sixes by Brendon McCullum of New Zealand in 2014
- 26 sixes from Ben Stokes of England in 2022
- 22 sixes by Adam Gilchrist of Australia and Virender Sehwag of India in 2008
Rahul and Jaiswal have surpassed the duo of Akash Chopra and Virender Sehwag
The batsmen who held the record of being part of the greatest opening partnership for Team India in the history of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy were Akash Chopra and Virender Sehwag, who formed a huge partnership of 141 runs in 2003, but now the Jaiswal duo and Rahul have overtaken them both. At the time of writing, the two have a 171-run partnership and are the only Indian batting pair to have shared in the greatest opening wicket partnership in BGT history.
The batsmen who held the record of being part of the greatest opening partnership for Team India in the history of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy were Akash Chopra and Virender Sehwag, who formed a huge partnership of 141 runs in 2003, but now the Jaiswal duo and Rahul have overtaken them both. At the time of writing, the two shared a 171-run partnership together and they were the only Indian batting pair to share in the greatest opening wicket partnership in BGT history.
Over 100 perform opening wicket partnerships for the Indian cricket team in the Border Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia
- 171*runs by KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal in Perth, 2024 (at the time of writing)
- 141 runs by Virender Sehwag and Aakash Chopra in Melbourne, 2003
- 123 runs by Aakash Chopra and Virender Sehwag in Sydney, 2004
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