First with the ball, then Tim Southee put pressure on team India with bat, scoring a half century in the first test match of the ongoing series. Veteran Tim Southee has scored 65 runs with 73 runs; he hit five 4s and four 6s. With this quickfire inning, Southee broke a Virendra Sehwag record.
Southee has surpassed former Indian team opener Virender Sehwag in terms of hitting the most sixes in Test cricket. The first Test of the three-match series is being played in Bengaluru, in which New Zealand piled up the India for just 46 runs. The lethal bowling of Will O’Rock, Matt Henry, and Tim Southee contributed significantly to this disappointing performance of the Indian team.
New Zealand’s experienced bowler Tim Southee has also done wonders with the bat in this match. He managed to score a half-century in the Test for the first time against India. He touched the 50-run mark off 57 balls. This is the 7th half-century of his Test career. Tim Southee hit 3 fours and 3 sixes in his innings to reach the half-century. With these three sixes, Tim Southee touched another height and left Virender Sehwag behind in record book.
Tim Southee has hit 90* sixes in his Test Career which is more than Rohit, Virat and one less than Sehwag 🥶
7th highest in overall Test records. pic.twitter.com/UaKoyJLmeX
— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) October 18, 2024
Tim Southee completed 92 sixes in his Test career with these three sixes. With this, he has left behind Virender Sehwag in terms of hitting the most sixes in the history of Test cricket. Virender Sehwag hit 91 sixes in his Test career. But Tim Southee has now surpassed him. In the case of hitting the most sixes in Test cricket, there are now only 5 batsmen ahead of Tim Southee. Ben Stokes is at the forefront of this list with 131 sixes.
