Rohit Sharma Poised to Become India’s Top Six-Hitter in Test Cricket During Bangladesh Series
As India prepares for the forthcoming two-match Test series against Bangladesh, captain of the Indian cricket team Rohit Sharma is about to surpass a major benchmark.
The series, which gets underway on September 19 at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium, is the start of an important chapter for the team and its captain. India will look to take the series with a resounding victory, with head coach Gautam Gambhir making his debut in Test cricket.
As he gets ready to play Bangladesh in the first Test of the two-match series starting on Thursday in Chennai, Indian captain Rohit Sharma will have a few goals to pursue. The MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai will host the opening game of the two-match series on September 19. In Kanpur, the second long-format match is scheduled to start on September 27. Head coach Gautam Gambhir will be motivated to win a series in his debut Test assignment.
In the current ICC World Test Championship 2023–25, the Indian captain has been in excellent form, amassing 700 runs at an average of 46.66 across nine matches and sixteen innings, including three hundreds and three fifties. His highest rating is 131. As of right now, he is 12th in the competition’s run scorer rankings.
Throughout the series, Rohit needs to watch out for two benchmarks. Reaching the first milestone will ceate his reputation as the best six-hitter in the nation. Rohit is ranked eleventh in the world among the best six-hitters with 84 sixes in Test matches. In order to surpass the famous Virender Sehwag (91) and take the lead in the Test cricket team’s six-hitter rankings, he only needs eight more huge knocks.
The top three sixes in the world are Australian wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist (100), former New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Brendon McCullum (107) and England captain Ben Stokes (131).
Rohit might become the first Indian hitter to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket if he goes on a massive six-hitting binge in these next two matches. He would only be the fourth batter overall.
In international cricket, the ‘Hitman’ is also getting close to half-centuries of centuries. He is just two tons away from reaching 50 international centuries with 48 centuries in 483 matches. He will become just the third hitter from India to accomplish this feat, and the tenth player overall. In international cricket, only two players from India have reached half a century thus far: Sachin Tendulkar (100 centuries) and Virat Kohli (80 centuries).
After this series against Bangladesh, Rohit Sharma‘s team will play the much awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia commencing on November 22 and then New Zealand’s three-test tour of India beginning on October 16.
India’s squad for the 1st Test against Bangladesh: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal.
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