The match between India and Australia is taking place in the final match of the World Test Championship. Both teams meet on the floor of the Oval. Australia scored 469 runs in their first innings. In response, Team India dropped to just 296 runs. At the same time, Australia declared their second innings by scoring 270 runs from 8 wickets. This Indian team has a target of 344 runs to win the World Test Championship final. However, the captain of the Indian team, Rohit Sharma, has made a great record in his name.
Rohit Sharma has become India’s third most six-six batsman in Test matches. He has left master blaster Sachin Tendulkar behind in this matter. So far, Rohit Sharma has hit 70 sixes in Test format. At the same time, Sachin Tendulkar has 69 sixes in this format. However, Virender Sehwag tops the list of players who hit the most sixes in Test matches for India. Virender Sehwag hit 90 sixes in Test matches for India. While on this list, second only to Virender Sehwag is former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit 78 sixes in his Test career. In this way, Virender Sehwag, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and Sachin Tendulkar are included in the list of top 4 players who hit the most number of sixes in Test matches for India. These players have reached the maximum six for India in test matches. Significantly, after losing the toss, Australia came out to bat first and scored 469 runs. In response, India’s first innings were cut to 296 runs. In this way, Australia gained a 173-run lead based on the first innings. Ajinkya Rahane played the highest innings of 89 runs for India. While Shardul Thakur contributed 51 runs. Earlier, India team captain Rohit Sharma had decided to bowl after winning the toss.