Staff India performed host to England in a five-match Check collection. The collection commenced with England clinching victory within the first Check. However, the hosts staged a exceptional comeback, securing victories within the subsequent 4 matches, in the end claiming the collection with a formidable scoreline of 4-1.
File-breaking sixes within the collection
The Check collection offered leisure throughout varied features of the sport. Followers have been handled to gritty and conventional Check cricket innings, alongside witnessing a world file being set for the variety of sixes. Remarkably, India and England collectively struck a complete of 102 sixes, the best ever recorded in a Check collection. Of those, India contributed 72, whereas the visiting England crew added the remaining 30 to the tally.
Rahul Dravid’s humorous response to India’s six-hitting secret
Yashasvi Jaiswal led India’s six-hitting cost, smashing a formidable 29 sixes all through the collection, surpassing Rohit Sharma‘s earlier world file for essentially the most sixes in a Check collection. In response to inquiries about India’s exceptional six-hitting efficiency, head coach Rahul Dravid provided a humorous remark.
In a light-hearted second throughout an interview on Jio Cinema post-match, Dravid stated: “I used to be simply exhibiting (the crew) movies of me batting, man. So they’re hitting sixes now.”
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Dravid names India’s biggest six hitter
In the meantime, Dravid additionally named Staff India’s biggest six hitter. He went with the present skipper Rohit affirming his standing as a luminary in Indian cricket historical past. Notably, Rohit’s distinctive potential to strike the ball is well known throughout all codecs, as he fearlessly disassembles bowlers together with his impeccable timing and strokeplay. He at the moment sits at a formidable tally of 597 worldwide sixes, and is on the point of surpassing the colossal 600-mark milestone.
“However it’s unimaginable to observe, and that’s one aspect of the sport that’s at a special degree. We’ve received somebody (Rohit Sharma) who’s the best six-hitter India has ever produced. It’s phenomenal – the (six) hitting energy, the ability, the flexibility. Each time they hit the ball, it appears to exit. It’s superb,” Dravid added.
