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IND vs NZ 3rd Test: Will Yashasvi Jaiswal create history in Mumbai Test? This great record of Sachin Tendulkar is on target

IND vs NZ 3rd Test: Yashasvi Jaiswal made his Test debut for Team India in the year 2023, since then till now he has been performing well. The last test against New Zealand is to be held in Mumbai, in which this young player will have a chance to break a great record of Sachin Tendulkar.

IND vs NZ 3rd Test: The last match of the ongoing Test series between Indian team and New Zealand is to be held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In this match, which starts from November 1, just a day after Diwali, Team India faces the challenge of saving its honour, because it has already lost the series 2-0. The Kiwis will try to make a clean sweep by winning the last test. In this match, Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has a chance to break a special world record of great batsman Sachin Tendulkar.

Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of hitting the maximum number of 9 sixes in Test matches at Wankhede Stadium. Yashasvi Jaiswal can destroy this record. Although he will play the first Test of his career on this ground, but looking at the aggressive batting for which he is known, it seems that he can break Sachin’s record by hitting 9 sixes in the very first match.

Players who hit most sixes in Test at Wankhede

Sachin Tendulkar – 9 sixes Ravi Shastri – 8 sixes Clive Lloyd – 6 sixes Mayank Agarwal – 5 sixes Akshar Patel – 5 sixes

Yashasvi shone in the last innings

Yashasvi’s performance was ordinary in the beginning of this series, he scored 13 and 35 runs respectively in the two innings of the first match. However, in the second innings of the second test, Yashasvi scored 77 runs, which included 3 sixes. Looking at this form, a big innings is expected from him in the Mumbai Test.

Lost series at home after 12 years

Due to poor performance in the first two matches of this 3-match series, India has lost the Test series at home after 12 years. In the first match, India lost by 8 wickets and in the second match by 113 runs, due to which New Zealand won the series on Indian soil for the first time.