IND vs BAN: Rohit Sharma five sixes short of surpassing this India legend in Tests, his record is…
India captain Rohit Sharma has hit 87 sixes so far in his 104 innings in Test cricket.
New Delhi: Rohit Sharma is barely 5 sixes shy of fixing into the Indian with most sixes in Test cricket. The Indian captain, who has hit 87 maximums thus distance in 104 innings, is second to former opener Virender Sehwag’s ninety one. England all-rounder Ben Stokes leads the % with 131 sixes in Tests, followed by New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum’s 107 and Australia’s Adam Gilchrist’s a hundred.
With the kind of approach Rohit has shown within the continued Test match, there will even be a possibility that some of essentially the most effective-hander surpasses Sehwag within the continued second Test against Bangladesh in Kanpur. At some stage in his knock of 11-ball 23 within the first innings, Rohit hit three sixes. Within the first Test, Rohit didn’t hit any sixes.
Meanwhile, spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja and pacer Jasprit Bumrah worked their magic as India pushed aside Bangladesh for 146 in their second innings, giving the hosts a target of 95 runs to win the second Test and make a clean sweep of both-match series on Tuesday.
The lunch session was extended by half an hour to accomplish Bangladesh’s innings. Ashwin returned with figures of three/50, while Jadeja took three/34 and Bumrah grabbed three/17 on day 5. Bangladesh resumed at 26/2 within the rain-hit Test, lost eight wickets within the extended morning session for the addition of 120 runs.
Overnight batter Shadman Islam was the highest scorer for Bangladesh within the second innings, scoring 50 runs. Bangladesh were bundled out for 233 in their first innings before India scored a fast-fire 285/9 and declared their innings on Monday in a match where two days were completely lost consequently of the a wet outfield.
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