Young Indian cricketer Yashasvi Jaiswal has also got a place in the squad in the Test series against Bangladesh. Yashasvi Jaiswal made his debut in Test cricket in July 2023. Yashasvi got a chance to play his first Test match on the West Indies tour and since then he has become an important part of Team India in Test cricket. At the same time, in the match against Bangladesh, Yashasvi will have a chance to break a special world record of Brendon McCullum. Let us tell you that the world record for hitting the most sixes in a year in Test cricket is currently registered in the name of McCullum.
Yashasvi has played 9 Test matches for India so far. During this time, he has scored a total of 1028 runs at an average of 68.53 and a strike rate of 70.07. Jaiswal has also scored three centuries and four fifties. This includes a double century as well.
McCullum hit a total of 33 sixes in Test cricket in the year 2014. Ben Stokes came close to this record of McCullum in 10 years, but no one has been able to break this record till date. There is also a new record to be made, which will not be easy for any batsman to reach. In the year 2024, Yashasvi has hit a total of 26 sixes in Test cricket so far. Ben Stokes also hit the same number of sixes in 2022. India still has to play 9 more Test matches this year, Yashasvi is almost certain to play in all of them.
If Yashasvi hits eight more sixes, he will break Brendon McCullum’s world record of 33 sixes, but if Yashasvi maintains his form and plays all the 9 Test matches for India this year, then he can create a record which will not be easy to break.