Yashasvi Jaiswal is on the verge of making a unique world record, a chance to hit the most sixes in a year in 147 years of history

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Tezzbuzz|17-09-2024

Yashasvi Jaiswal need 8 Sixes to Break Brendon McCullum Test Cricket World Record India's young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal will have a chance to create a special world record in the first Test against Bangladesh (India vs Bangladesh 1st Test) to be held at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. If Jaiswal manages to hit eight sixes in this match, he will create the record of hitting the most sixes in a year in Test cricket.

Currently, this record is in the name of former New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum, who hit 33 sixes in Test matches in 2014. At the same time, 22-year-old Yashasvi has hit 26 sixes so far in 2024. Currently, Jaiswal is jointly second in this list with Ben Stokes, he hit 26 sixes in Tests in the year 2022.

Let us tell you that Jaiswal's performance was excellent in the five-Test series against England earlier this year. He scored a total of 712 runs in nine innings of five Tests, in which 26 sixes came from his bat.

Most sixes in a year (Tests)

33 – Brendon McCullum (2014)

26 – Yashasvi Jaiswal (2024)*

26 – Ben Stokes (2022)

22 – Adam Gilchrist(2005)

22 – Virender Sehwag (2008)

Jaiswal, who made his Test debut against West Indies in July 2023, has so far scored 1028 runs in 16 innings of 9 matches. In this short career, Jaiswal has hit 29 sixes.

If he manages to hit seven sixes in the match, he will surpass Ajinkya Rahane (35) and Murali Vijay (33) to move to 11th place in the list of players who have hit most sixes for India.

It is worth noting that the first test match between India and Bangladesh will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai from September 19. After this, the second test match will be played at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur from September 27. Both the matches will start at 9.30 am according to Indian time.

The Indian team for the first Test is as follows: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal

Bangladesh squad for the first Test: Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Mehdi Hasan Miraz, Zakir Ali, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana, Taijul Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Nayeem Hasan, Khalid Ahmed

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