During the just-finished two-match Test series between India and Bangladesh, star Indian batter Yashasvi Jaiswal maintained his amazing form. Because Jaiswal scored half-centuries in both innings during the Kanpur Test, he was named Player of the Match (POTM).
With three 50+ scores and 189 runs in four innings at an average of 47.25, the 22-year-old led all scorers in the series. The left-handed hitter, who earlier this year became the second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to score more than 700 runs in a Test series, has had an incredible start to his Test career. In the longest version of the game, he also broke the record for being the fastest Indian to 1000 runs (in terms of matches).
Yashasvi Jaiswal surpasses Ben Stokes
Jaiswal made history on the fifth day of play in Kanpur, smashing Ben Stokes' enormous world record to become the player with the most sixes in a single World Test Championship (WTC). In the 2023–25 World Test Championship, the 22-year-old broke Stokes' record of 31 sixes in the 2019–21 competition. The only two players to hit more than 30 sixes in a single tournament edition are Stokes and Jaiswal.
Most Sixes In Single WTC Edition
Yashasvi Jaiswal - 32 sixes (2023-25)
Ben Stokes - 31 sixes (2019-21)
Ben Stokes - 28 sixes (2021-23)
Rohit Sharma - 27 sixes (2019-21)
Rishabh Pant - 22 sixes (2021-23)
Ben Stokes - 22 sixes (2023-25)
Jaiswal also achieved a record for being the highest run scorer for India in a single WTC event during the Bangladesh series. He currently has an average of 64.05. He has scored 1217 runs in 11 games. As there are still eight matches left in the current cycle for India, Jaiswal has a great opportunity to break both records. Earlier this year, Jaiswal smashed 26 sixes in the seires against England which is the most by an Indian player in a bilateral series. The 22-year-old is on the verge of becoming the second player in the world and the first Indian to hit 30 sixes in a single year. He is going to surpass Brendon McCullum's record of the most sixes in a calendar year, which stands at 33.
