Ravindra Jadeja surpasses MS Dhoni to become India’s 4th-highest six-hitter

Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja surpassed former captain MS Dhoni to become team’s fourth-highest six-hitter in Test cricket.

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The veteran achieved this upward movement in the charts during the first Test against West Indies at Ahmedabad. On day two, at the end of session two, he had made 50* in 81 balls, with three fours and four sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of over 61.

With these four sixes, all of them belted against Jomel Warrican, Jadeja’s six tally went to 79 in 86 Tests, surpassing Dhoni’ tally of 78 sixes in 90 Tests.

Above Jadeja are Rohit Sharma (88 sixes in 67 Tests), Virender Sehwag (90 sixes in 103 Tests) and Rishabh Pant (90 in 47 Tests).

This is Jadeja’s seventh fifty-plus score this year in Tests, the most by any batter. In seven Tests and 13 innings this year, he has 605 runs at an average of 75.62, with a century and six fifties and a best score of 107*.