35 The number of sixes accumulated by Yashasvi Jaiswal in 2024. This is the maximum hit by any batter in a calendar year. He passed the previous record of 33 sixes held by Kiwi Brendon McCullum in 2014. For the record, previously, the sixes most hit by an Indian were 22 by Virender Sehwag in 2008. The third table below details how this record changed hands since the start of the 20th century. England’s Walter Hammond was the first to cross the landmark of 10 sixes in the calendar year of 1933, while Aussie Matt Hayden hit 20 sixes in 2001, and then Brendon McCullum went past 30 sixes in 2014.
Batters with the maximum number of Test sixes in a calendar year
Sixes | Year | Batter | For | M | Inns | Runs | Ave. | 6s/inn | Balls/6 |
35+ | 2024 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | India | 12 | 23 | 1280 | 58.18 | 1.52 | 50.42 |
33 | 2014 | Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | 9 | 16 | 1164 | 72.75 | 2.06 | 48.61 |
26 | 2022 | Ben Stokes | England | 15 | 26 | 870 | 36.25 | 1.00 | 46.77 |
22 | 2005 | Adam Gilchrist | Australia | 15 | 22 | 836 | 41.80 | 1.00 | 44.77 |
22 | 2008 | Virender Sehwag | India | 14 | 27 | 1462 | 56.23 | 0.81 | 77.41 |
Indian batters with the maximum number of Test sixes in a calendar year
Sixes | Year | Batter | M | Inns | Runs | Ave. | 6s/inn | Balls/6 |
35+ | 2024 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | 12 | 23 | 1280 | 58.18 | 1.52 | 50.42 |
22 | 2008 | Virender Sehwag | 14 | 27 | 1462 | 56.23 | 0.81 | 77.41 |
21 | 2022 | Rishabh Pant | 7 | 12 | 680 | 61.81 | 1.75 | 35.62 |
20 | 2019 | Rohit Sharma | 5 | 6 | 556 | 92.66 | 3.33 | 36.60 |
They held the Test record of hitting the maximum number of sixes in a calendar year
Sixes | Year | Batter | For | M | Inns | Runs | Ave. | 6s/inn | Balls/6 |
9 | 1902 | Jimmy Sinclair | South Africa | 3 | 6 | 286 | 47.67 | 1.50 | 34.78 |
14 | 1933 | Walter Hammond | England | 8 | 11 | 934 | 103.78 | 1.27 | 118.93 |
16 | 1965 | John Reid | New Zealand | 13 | 24 | 871 | 36.29 | 0.67 | — |
17 | 1999 | Chris Cairns | New Zealand | 10 | 15 | 548 | 39.14 | 1.13 | 58.88 |
18 | 2000 | Chris Cairns | New Zealand | 5 | 9 | 517 | 64.63 | 2.00 | 45.50 |
20 | 2001 | Matthew Hayden | Australia | 14 | 25 | 1391 | 63.23 | 0.80 | 110.65 |
21 | 2004 | Andrew Flintoff | England | 13 | 19 | 898 | 52.82 | 1.11 | 64.09 |
22 | 2005 | Adam Gilchrist | Australia | 15 | 22 | 836 | 41.80 | 1.00 | 44.77 |
33 | 2014 | Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | 9 | 16 | 1164 | 72.75 | 2.06 | 48.61 |
35+ | 2024 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | India | 12 | 23 | 1280 | 58.18 | 1.52 | 50.42 |
Note: 1965 was John Reid’s final year in Test cricket, while 2024 is Jaiswal’s second year in Test cricket
+ Potentially, Jaiswal can add to his tally of sixes this calendar year; he still has three more Tests in 2024
6 Number of visiting opening pairs involved in a 200-plus stand in Australia. The recent 201 stand between Jaiswal and K. L. Rahul in the recently concluded Perth Test match was unique because they became the first pair in six instances other than an English one to achieve this in Australia. Interestingly, the highest opening by a visiting pair, other than England and India, is the 147 by West Indians Sherwin Campbell and Wavell Hinds in Sydney in January 2001. Above this West Indian pair are 16 higher opening stands in Australia, involving 13 English and three Indian pairs.
200-plus opening partnerships for visiting sides in Australia
Runs | Pair | For | Venue | Month, year | Inns | Result |
323 | Jack Hobbs/Wilfred Rhodes | England | Melbourne | Feb 1912 | 2 | WON |
283 | Jack Hobbs/Herbert Sutcliffe | England | Melbourne | Jan 1925 | 2 | Lost |
234 | Geoff Boycott/Bob Barber | England | Sydney | Jan 1966 | 1 | Won |
223 | Chris Broad/Bill Athey | England | Perth WACA | Nov 1986 | 1 | Drawn |
203 | Graham Gooch/Michael Atherton | England | Adelaide | Jan 1991 | 4 | Drawn |
201 | Yashasvi Jaiswal/KL Rahul | India | Perth Optus | Nov 2024 | 3 | WON |
Note: The last two instances came in the second innings of the match.
India’s highest opening wicket stand in Australia is the 191 between Sunil Gavaskar and Kris Srikkanth at the SCG in 1986
5 The number of occasions a visiting opening batter registered a Test century in Australia after being dismissed for a duck in the first innings. Jaiswal is the latest entrant in this list dominated by Englishmen and Indians.
A duck and century in the same Test match by a visiting opening batter in Australia
1st Inns | 2nd Inns | Batter | For | Venue | Month, year | Result | Batting# (in both inns) |
0 | 113 | David Sheppard | England | Melbourne | Jan 1963 | Won | 1 |
0 | 118 | Sunil Gavaskar | India | Melbourne | Jan 1977 | Won | 1 |
0 | 183 | Michael Vaughan | England | Sydney | Jan 2003 | Won | 2 |
0 | 110 | Andrew Strauss | England | Brisbane | Nov 2010 | Drawn | 1 |
0 | 161 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | India | Perth Optus | Nov 2024 | Won | 1 |
Strauss was also the captain
662 The number of Test runs aggregated by Rishabh Pant in Australia. This makes him the most successful visiting keeper-batter on Australian soil. On the opening day of the Perth Test, Pant went ahead of the previous highest aggregate of 643 runs by English wicketkeeper Alan Knott, who held the top position for the last 47 years.
Most successful visiting wicket-keeping Test batters in Australia
Runs | Keeper-batter | For | M | Inns | NO | Ave. | HS | 100 | 50 | Career span in Australia |
662+ | Rishabh Pant | India | 8 | 14 | 2 | 55.17 | 159* | 1 | 2 | 2018- |
643 | Alan Knott | England | 13 | 22 | 3 | 33.84 | 106* | 1 | 4 | 1970-1977 |
587 | Jeffery Dujon | West Indies | 11 | 18 | 2 | 36.69 | 139 | 1 | 2 | 1982-1989 |
484 | Gerry Alexander | West Indies | 5 | 10 | 2 | 60.50 | 108 | 1 | 5 | 1960-1961 |
477 | John Waite | South Africa | 9 | 15 | 0 | 31.80 | 77 | 0 | 4 | 1952-1964 |
+ career in progress
7 The number of Indian Test debutants who scored a combined 70 or more runs and claimed at least one wicket in the same Test match. India’s debutant in the Perth Test, Nitish Reddy, became the latest entrant to achieve this feat. Incidentally, Reddy is the 316th player to make his debut in Tests for India.
Indian players with 70-plus runs and at least one wicket on Test debut match (listed chronologically)
Player | Runs | Wickets | Against | Venue | Month, year | Result |
Vinoo Mankad | 77 (14+63) | 2 (2+0) | England | Lord’s | Jun 1946 | Lost |
C. D. Gopinath | 92 (50*+42) | 1 (0+1) | England | Mumbai BS | Dec 1951 | Drawn |
Balwinder Singh Sandhu | 83 (71+12) | 2 (2+0) | Pakistan | Hyderabad | Jan 1983 | Lost |
W. V. Raman | 92 (9+83) | 1 (0+1) | West Indies | Chennai | Jan 1988 | Won |
Saurav Ganguly | 131 (131) | 3 (2+1) | England | Lord’s | Jun 1996 | Drawn |
Washington Sundar | 84 (62+22) | 4 (3+1) | Australia | Brisbane | Jan 2021 | Won |
Nitish Reddy | 79 (41+38*) | 1 (0+1) | Australia | Perth Optus | Nov 2024 | Won |
Note: Gopinath and Raman did not bowl in the first innings, while Sandhu did not in the 2nd innings
23 The number of balls faced by Devdutt Padikkal in the first innings of the Perth Test match. This is the fifth-highest number of balls faced by an Indian top-order batter without scoring a run. Also, this stands as the highest recorded for an Asian batter in Australia. Padikkal’s stonewalling tactics also place him in the top four on this unique list of visiting batters in Australia, as shown in the second table below.
Most balls faced by Indian top-order batters without scoring in a Test innings
Balls Faced | Batter | Against | Venue | Month, Year | Bat # | Inns | Result |
29 | Suresh Raina | England | The Oval | Aug 2011 | 5 | 2 | Lost |
29 | Rishabh Pant | England | Southampton | Sep 2018 | 6 | 2 | Lost |
25 | Sanjay Manjrekar | South Africa | Durban | Nov 1992 | 3 | 2 | Drawn |
24 | VVS Laxman | England | Mohali | Dec 2008 | 5 | 1 | Drawn |
23 | Devdutt Padikkal | Australia | Perth Optus | Nov 2024 | 3 | 1 | Won |
Note: Irfan Pathan (0 off 29 balls) in the fourth innings against Pakistan in Bengaluru in March 2007, but while batting at #9
Most balls faced by top-order visiting batters without scoring in a Test innings in Australia
Balls Faced | Batter | For | Venue | Month, Year | Bat # | Inns | Result |
29 | Brian Luckhurst | England | Sydney | Feb 1971 | 2 | 1 | Won |
28 | Trevor Bailey | England | Sydney | Dec 1954 | 2 | 1 | Won |
27 | Boeta Dippenaar | South Africa | Adelaide | Dec 2001 | 3 | 4 | Lost |
23 | Devdutt Padikkal | India | Perth Optus | Nov 2024 | 3 | 1 | Won |
7 The number of occasions Test sides have managed to win by a huge run-margin of 200-plus despite being dismissed for 150 or less, batting first. India joins this list for the first time in its history, thanks to its exploits in the Perth Test match.
Test sides winning by a huge run-margin of 200-plus after being dismissed for less than 150 runs, batting first
Total | By | Won by | Against | Venue | Date | Winning captain |
92 | England | 210 runs | South Africa | Cape Town | 4 Apr 1899 | Lord Hawke |
112 | Australia | 229 runs | England | Melbourne | 4 Jan 1902 | Joe Darling |
116 | Australia | 202 runs | West Indies | Sydney | 29 Jan 1952 | Lindsay Hassett |
127 | West Indies | 204 runs | Pakistan | Port of Spain | 18 Apr 1993 | Richie Richardson |
149 | West Indies | 343 runs | Australia | Bridgetown | 24 Apr 1991 | Viv Richards |
150 | Sri Lanka | 240 runs | West Indies | Kandy | 25 Jul 2005 | Marvan Atapattu |
150 | India | 295 runs | Australia | Perth Optus | 25 Nov 2024 | Jasprit Bumrah |
295 The victory margin by runs in the recent Perth Test is India’s third most significant, away from home. It is Australia’s seventh biggest loss by runs at home and its second worst this century after the 309-run defeat against South Africa in Perth WACA on 3 December 2012.
Biggest away Test victories for India by runs
By runs | Against | Venue | Date | Indian captain |
318 | West Indies | North Sound | 25 Aug 2019 | Virat Kohli |
304 | Sri Lanka | Galle | 29 Jul 2017 | Virat Kohli |
295 | Australia | Perth Optus | 25 Nov 2024 | Jasprit Bumrah |
279 | England | Leeds | 23 Jun 1986 | Kapil Dev |
278 | Sri Lanka | Colombo PSS | 24 Aug 2015 | Virat Kohli |
All records are correct and updated until 25 November 2024.
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