Virender Sehwag's record is also in danger, Rohit Sharma will create history against Bangladesh.
After a long wait of about 6 months, once again the Indian cricket team will be seen playing Test cricket. The Test series between Team India and Bangladesh will begin on Thursday, September 19, the first match of which will be played in Chennai. This is the same Chennai ground that has witnessed many historic Test matches of Team India. About 15 years ago on this ground, Virender Sehwag created history by playing a memorable innings of 319 runs against South Africa. Now on this ground, one of his great records is on the verge of being broken and the one who is going to do this is Team India's captain Rohit Sharma. In the first match of the series against Bangladesh, Rohit can break Sehwag's Indian record of most sixes in Test cricket.
Many records will be at stake in the first Test match starting on 19 September at Chepauk Stadium. Be it Virat Kohli Ravindra Jadeja or Yashasvi Jaiswal, many Indian players will have a chance to write their names in the record books. While Virat and Yashasvi will have a chance to create history in batting, Ravindra Jadeja can make a special record in his name with bowling. At the same time, Team India also has a chance to register more wins than losses for the first time in 92 years.
Will Rohit be able to break Sehwag's record?
Like other players, captain Rohit Sharma can also make a record of hitting sixes in Test cricket in this series. The Indian captain has so far hit 84 sixes in 101 innings of 59 Test matches and is second in the list of Indian players. Rohit had left behind former captain MS Dhoni (78) in the Test series against England and now his eyes are on Sehwag. Former legendary opener Sehwag has hit a total of 91 sixes in 104 Tests, out of which 90 came for India, while one was hit for Asia XI. That means Rohit needs only 7 sixes and he can do this only in the Chennai Test. As soon as he hits these 7 sixes, he will become the Indian to hit the most sixes in Tests as well.
Jaiswal also has a good chance.
Rohit already holds the record for most sixes in ODIs and T20s not only for Team India but in the whole world. In such a situation, the record of the most successful six-hitter for India in all three formats is now going to be completely in Rohit's name. By the way, not only Rohit, but Yashasvi Jaiswal is also close to a record in terms of hitting sixes. Yashasvi has hit 26 sixes in Test matches this year and by hitting just 8 sixes, he can break Brendon McCullum's (33) record of hitting most sixes in a year.