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Yashasvi Jaiswal surpasses Brendon McCullum’s record during unbeaten 90 on Day 2 of Perth Test

Yashasvi Jaiswal shattered Brendon McCullum’s record for most Test sixes in a calendar year when he amassed a couple of sixes on Day two of the first Test between Australia and India in Perth. AP India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal had an extra reason to celebrate on Saturday as he broke former New Zealand batter Brendon McCullum’s record of most sixes in a calendar year in Tests. IND vs AUS Day 2 Major Highlights | Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul’s fifty, Jasprit Bumrah’s five-for and more India had been dismissed for 150 in the first innings of the Test on Friday after opting to bat. List of players with most Test sixes in a calendar year: Yashasvi Jaiswal : 34 sixes in 2024 so far Brendon McCullum : 33 sixes in 2014 Ben Stokes : 26 sixes in 2022 Adam Gilchrist : 22 sixes in 2005 Virender Sehwag : 22 sixes in 2008 Andrew Flintoff : 21 sixes in 2004 The first Test between Australia and India in Perth will be followed by four more Tests in the five-match Test series.

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