Team India’s best opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has made an incredible achievement in the second test match played against New Zealand. Yashasvi Jaiswal has become the first Indian batsman to hit at least 30 sixes in a calendar year in Tests. There are only two players in this list who have achieved this amazing feat. Before Yashasvi Jaiswal, this record was held by former New Zealand player Brendon McCullum.

Let us tell you that Team India needed 359 runs in the second test match to register victory against New Zealand. The spinners were getting a lot of help on the Pune pitch and Mitchell Santner of New Zealand bowled lethally and took a total of 13 wickets and played an important role in his team’s victory. Talking about Yashasvi Jaiswal, he scored 77 runs in the second innings with the help of 9 fours and three sixes.

During this innings, the excellent opening batsman did not spare any New Zealand bowler and hit hard against all of them. Yashasvi Jaiswal has hit 32 sixes so far in one calendar year.

New Zealand won the second test against Team India

Let us tell you that Brendon McCullum had hit 33 sixes in a calendar year in 2014, while at third place in this list is England Test team captain Ben Stokes, who had hit 26 sixes in 2022. At the fourth place in this list is former Australian wicketkeeper batsman Adam Gilchrist, who hit 22 sixes in 2005, while Virender Sehwag hit 22 sixes in a calendar year in 2008.

Talking about the match, New Zealand had scored 259 runs after losing all the wickets in its first innings, in response to which Team India was all out for 156 runs. New Zealand was all out for 255 runs in its second innings. Team India could not achieve the target of 359 runs and New Zealand won the second test. Not only this, New Zealand has taken a 2-0 lead in the three-match Test series. Now the third and final Test between these two teams is starting from November 1 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.