Ravindra Jadeja’s big record, Sanath Jayasuriya’s record shattered
Ravindra Jadeja six in Test : Ravindra Jadeja was the hero on the second day of the first Test match being played between India and England. Although KL Rahul also played a half-century, but Ravindra Jadeja’s batting should not be underestimated. Jadeja not only completed his half-century, but now seems to be moving towards a century as well. Meanwhile, on the second day, along with hitting a lot of fours, he also hit two brilliant sixes. With this, he has broken the record of Sanath Jayasuriya, one of the great batsmen of Sri Lanka.
Jadeja overtakes Jayasuriya in terms of hitting most sixes in Tests
In fact, if we talk about the batsmen who have hit the most sixes in Tests, England’s Ben Stokes is at number one. He has 127 sixes to his name. If we talk about Indian batsmen, this record is in the name of Virender Sehwag. He has hit 91 sixes during his Test career. Jadeja has now overtaken Jayasuriya in this list. Jayasuriya has hit a total of 59 sixes after playing 110 test matches. Whereas Ravindra Jadeja had completed his 60 sixes after playing 69 tests. Before this match, he had 58 sixes in his name, as soon as he hit the second six in this match, he was able to overtake Jayasuriya.
Batsman who has hit most sixes in test for India
If we talk about the batsmen who have hit the most number of sixes for India, they have now come at sixth position in this list. Sehwag has 91 sixes in his name in 104 Tests, whereas MS Dhoni had hit 78 sixes in 90 Tests. Rohit Sharma’s name comes at number three. Rohit Sharma has hit 77 sixes in 55 Tests so far. Talking about Sachin Tendulkar, he had hit 69 sixes after playing 200 tests. Former captain Kapil Dev had hit a total of 61 sixes after playing 131 Tests. Ravindra Jadeja now has 60 sixes. That means, if he hits one more six, he will be on par with Kapil Dev and can go ahead of him after hitting two sixes.
Ravindra Jadeja now moves towards a century, second day’s play is over
By the time the second day’s play ended, Ravindra Jadeja was playing unbeaten on 81 runs. To score so many runs he played 155 balls. He hit 7 fours and two sixes. Akshar Patel is supporting him. Who is currently unbeaten on 35 runs. He played 62 balls and hit five fours and one six. Team India’s score is now 421 runs and it still has three wickets safe. India’s lead over England is now 175 runs. The Indian team will try to take it to 250.
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