Record-breaking spree!

Courtesy some fine knocks from skipper Rohit Sharma and nextgeneration of Indian stars like Shubman Gill Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan India smashed several sixhitting records on day four of the IND vs ENG 3rd TestIndia broke its own record for most sixes in a Test series by any team touching a total of 48 big hits in the ongoing threematch series The team went past its own tally of 47 sixes in three Tests against South Africa at home back in 2019 a series which had three Test matches With two matches left India could score a lot more sixes and outdo its previous record by a huge marginEngland holds the third spot having scored 43 sixes in the Ashes series against Australia at their home last yearIndia smashed a total of 28 sixes in this match making it their highestever sixcount in a single Test match India has outdone its own record of hitting 27 sixes against South Africa back in 2019 in the first Test at VizagIn the second innings of this match against England India smashed a total of 18 sixes outdoing its own record of 15 sixes in an innings against Sri Lanka back in 2009 at MumbaiAlso ReadlsquoLight at the end of the tunnelrsquoAll of this has been largely made possible by the efforts of young opener Jaiswal who has scored a whooping 22 sixes in the series so far out of Indias 48 In this match itself Jaiswal has smashed 12 sixes out of Indias 28Coming to the match India has given England a target of 557 runs to chase and the visitors are on the verge of losing the IND vs ENG 3rd TestEarlier India secured a 556run second innings lead declaring their second innings at 4304 Following skipper Rohits early fall for just 19 runs young batters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill steadied the ship for India with a 155run partnership for the second wicket which ended after Jaiswal retired hurt for 104 India ended the day three at 1962 with Gill 65 and Kuldeep Yadav 3On day four Gill and Kuldeep continued to stitch yet another partnership which ended with Gill heartbreakingly missing his fourth Test ton due to a runout scoring 91 in 151 balls with nine fours and two sixes Kuldeep also made a solid 27 in 91 balls leaving India at 2584 From this point on Jaiswal resumed his innings with the fellow Mumbai star Sarfaraz Khan Both took the English spinners to cleanersJaiswal scored his second doublecentury in Tests after scoring his first one in the last Test A key highlight of his knock was smashing veteran pace legend James Anderson for a hattrick of sixes Sarfaraz also scored his backtoback halfcentury on Test debut India ended the innings at 4304 with Jaiswal 214 in 236 balls 14 fours and 12 sixes and Sarfaraz 68 in 72 balls with six fours and three sixes unbeaten to form a 172run partnership for the fifth wicketJoe Root Tom Hartley and Rehan Ahmed took a wicket each for EnglandEarlier England in their first inning scored 319 runs in reply to Indias 445 runs in their first inning Though Ben Duckett 153 in 151 balls with 23 fours and two sixes scored the fastest century by an English player in India no other batter could give him much support Skipper Stokes 41 in 89 balls with six fours and Pope 39 in 55 balls with five fours and a six played some decent knocksSiraj was the pick of the bowlers for India with 484 while Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets each Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin managed a scalp each with the latter reaching his 500th Test wicket as wellIn the first innings after opting to bat first India put up 445 in the first innings The hosts were rocked by England bowlers earlier and were struggling at 333 Then skipper Rohit stepped up forming a 204run stand with Jadeja Rohit scored 131 runs in 196 balls with 14 fours and three sixes Jadeja went on to score his third Test ton and crafted a 77run stand with debutant Sarfaraz 62 in 66 balls with nine fours and a six Useful scores from debutant Dhruv Jurel 46 in 104 balls with two fours and three sixes and Ashwin 37 in 89 balls with six fours took India to a fine totalMark Wood justified his selection with figures of 4114 Rehan got two wickets while Root Hartley and Anderson got a wicket eachWith agency inputs