India skipper Rohit Sharma is in the form of his life when it comes to Test cricket and would be hoping for the same to continue in the upcoming two-Test series against Bangladesh. Rohit also has two records in his reach when the series starts on September 19 with the first Test in Chennai.
Rohit, whose Test career has seen a bit of overhaul in the last couple of years, could surpass Virender Sehwag in the upcoming series for the most Test sixes by an Indian batter.
The Hitman currently has 84 sixes in Test cricket, six less than Sehwag’s 90 but in about half the matches. While Sehwag took 103 matches to hit 90 sixes, Rohit has played only 59 Tests so far. He will have all the chances to hit seven more sixes in the upcoming two Tests as he opens the batting.
The India batter is also two centuries short of hitting 50 international tons – a feat only achieved by Sachin Tendulkar (100) and Virat Kohli (80) for India.
Rohit has hit 31 ODI tons, five T20I tons and 12 Test tons in his career so far and can very much reach the 50 international tons in the upcoming series.
Rohit has scored 700 runs in 16 innings of nine Tests played in the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) 2023/25 cycle and will be aiming for the same batting performance.
India have a bumper Test season coming up with Rohit Sharma-led side set to host New Zealand after the two Tests against Bangladesh.
India then travel to Australia for the highly-anticipated five-Test Border-Gavaskar series in November, where they aim to win a Test series for the third consecutive time.
India last lost to Australia in a Test series in 2014, which was played in Australia. Since then, India have won all four series played between the two countries, two in India and two in Australia.