Virat Kohli in motion for India in opposition to New Zealand© AFP
India scripted historical past by turning into the primary workforce ever to slam 100 sixes in Check cricket in a calendar yr. The Rohit Sharma-led aspect achieved the sensational feat on Day 3 of the primary Check match in opposition to New Zealand in Bengaluru on Friday. This was the primary time within the 147-year historical past of Check cricket that any workforce was capable of obtain to succeed in this milestone. Earlier, the file for hitting the very best variety of sixes in a calendar yr belonged to England who slammed 89 sixes in 2022. Yashasvi Jaiswal has slammed 29 sixes in Check this yr whereas Shubman Gill has scored 16 sixes for India.
Groups to hit most Check sixes in a yr
102* – India (2024)
89 – England (2022)
87 – India (2021)
81 – New Zealand (2014)
71 – New Zealand (2013)
A counter-attacking India saved alive the hopes of a miracle turnaround by free-flowing fifties from the troika of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Sarfaraz Khan, reaching 231 for 3 of their second innings on the third day of the primary Check in opposition to New Zealand on Friday.
Kohli (70), who accomplished 9,000 Check runs through the course of his knock, obtained out to Glenn Phillips off the final ball of the day, edging him to Tom Blundell, leaving Sarfaraz (70) on the crease at shut. The deficit on the finish of an overcast day was a much less intimidating 125.
Kohli and Sarfaraz added 136 runs for the third wicket after skipper Rohit did the early operating with a fluent 52.
This was after New Zealand posted a complete of 402 all out to achieve an enormous lead of 356 runs because of Rachin Ravindra (134) and Tim Southee (63), who added treasured 134 runs for a flowing eighth wicket stand.
The most important deficit India has overturned to win a Check of their cricketing historical past is 274 through the iconic Kolkata Check in opposition to Australia in 2001.
(With PTI inputs)
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