IND v AUS: Will Sehwag’s great record be broken on the second day in Melbourne? Hitman will create a huge record
Rohit Sharma and Virender Sehwag
IND vs AUS: The Boxing Day Test started in great style in Melbourne. Batting first, Australia’s batsmen played brilliantly but fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah made India’s comeback by taking a wicket in the third session. However, despite this, the Australian team managed to score 311/6 in 86 overs till stumps on the first day of the fourth Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Australia’s top four batsmen scored half-centuries. Steve Smith returned unbeaten after scoring 68 runs with the help of five fours and one six. In the debut test, young openers Sam Constas (60) and Usman Khawaja (57) scored half-centuries. Both added 89 runs in the opening partnership. Apart from this, Maransh Labuschagne played an inning of 72 runs.
After the first day, now the Indian bowlers will be eyeing to all out Australia within 350 in the first session on the second day. To tighten the noose on Australia, the Indian batsmen will also have to show a brilliant game on the second day, otherwise Team India will be in danger of lagging behind in the match. Not only this, in batting, Indian captain and opening batsman Rohit Sharma and his partner Yashasvi Jaiswal will have the important responsibility of opening the innings. During this time, Rohit Sharma will also have a chance to create new history.
The record may be broken the next day
Actually, Rohit Sharma has a great opportunity to break Virender Sehwag’s huge record in the Melbourne Test. Rohit is very close to breaking the record of former opener Sehwag. If Hitman is successful in hitting 4 sixes in the Boxing Day Test, then he will become the Indian batsman who has hit the most sixes for India. Rohit Sharma currently has 88 sixes in his name in 114 innings, while Sehwag had hit 91 sixes in 180 Test innings.
Indian batsman who hit most sixes in test cricket
- Virender Sehwag – 91 sixes in 180 innings
- Rohit Sharma – 88 sixes in 114 innings
- MS Dhoni – 78 sixes in 144 innings
- Ravindra Jadeja – 69 sixes in 114 innings
- Rishabh Pant – 68 sixes in 71 innings
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