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Most sixes for India in Tests : Many big names have ruled Indian cricket. Players like Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are present in it. All these players have performed amazingly in Test cricket for the Indian cricket team. Sachin is counted among the greatest cricketers in the world, he has scored a total of 100 centuries in both Test and ODI formats. But in Indian cricket, it has been very difficult for all the batsmen to hit 100 sixes. Till date, no batsman of the Indian cricket team has been able to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket.

Top 10 batsmen who hit most sixes for India in Tests

Rishabh Pant holds the record for scoring most centuries in Test cricket for India. Players like Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma are also present in the top 3 in this list. Players like Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja are also included with him. This player is the player who has hit the most sixes in Test cricket for India. So today let us tell you about the 10 players who have hit the most sixes in Test cricket for India.

1 – Rishabh Pant

Indian cricket team's wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant is the number 1 batsman who has hit the most number of sixes in Test cricket for India. Till now he has hit a total of 98 sixes for India. Pant made his Test debut for India in the year 2018. He has played 51 matches for India from 2018 to 2026. During this period he has scored 3584 runs in 88 innings. He has scored 8 centuries and 19 half-centuries in his name. Rishabh has scored 381 runs in test cricket.

2 – Virender Sehwag

Former explosive batsman Virender Sehwag is second in the list of batsmen who have hit the most sixes in Test cricket for India. Sehwag has hit a total of 91 sixes for India. Sehwag has scored 8503 runs in 178 innings of 103 matches from 2001 to 2013. He has scored 23 centuries and 31 half-centuries in Test cricket. He also has 1219 fours in his name in Test cricket.

3 – Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma, the right-handed batsman and former captain of the Indian cricket team, is at third place in the list of batsmen who have hit the most sixes in Test cricket for India. Rohit Sharma has hit a total of 88 sixes for India in Test cricket. Rohit has scored 4301 runs in 116 innings of 67 matches from 2013 to 2024. Hitman has scored 12 centuries and 18 half-centuries for India. He has also hit 473 fours in Test cricket.

4 – Ravindra Jadeja

Ravindra Jadeja is at fourth place among the players who have hit the most number of sixes in Test cricket for India. Jadeja has hit a total of 82 sixes while playing for India. Ravindra Jadeja has scored 4095 runs in 133 innings of 90 matches from 2012 to 2026. Jadeja has 6 centuries and 28 half-centuries in Test cricket. He also has 398 fours in Test cricket.

5 – MS Dhoni

Former captain of the Indian cricket team and right-hander Mahendra Singh Dhoni is at fifth place in the list of players who have hit the most sixes in Test cricket for the country. Dhoni has hit a total of 78 sixes for the Indian cricket team. From 2005 to 2014, he has scored 4876 runs in 144 innings of 90 matches. During this period, Dhoni has scored 6 centuries and 33 half-centuries. He has also hit 544 fours in Test cricket.

6 – Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is at sixth place among the Indian batsmen who have hit the most number of Test sixes for India. Master Blaster has hit a total of 69 sixes. From 1989 to 2013, he has scored 15921 runs in 329 innings of 200 matches. This also includes 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries.

7 – Kapil Dev

Former Indian captain and all-rounder Kapil Dev is at 7th place in the list of players who have hit most sixes in Test cricket. He has hit a total of 61 sixes for India in Test cricket. Kapil has scored 5248 runs from 1978 to 1994. He also has 8 centuries and 27 half-centuries in his name.

8 – Sourav Ganguly

Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly is also at 8th place in the list of players who have scored most centuries in Test cricket. He has hit a total of 57 sixes in Tests for India. Ganguly scored a total of 7212 runs from 1996 to 2008 and also scored 16 centuries and 35 half-centuries.

9 – Shubhman Gill

India's current captain and right-handed star batsman Shubman Gill is also among the players who have hit the most sixes in Test cricket for India. He has hit 47 sixes for India. Gill has scored a total of 2985 runs from 2020 to 2026. He has 11 centuries and 8 half-centuries in his name. Gill is an active player of Team India. He will have a chance to further improve these figures.

10 – Yashasvi Jaiswal

India's 24-year-old batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal is also included in the top 10 list of players who have hit the most number of Test sixes for the country. Yashasvi is at tenth position among the players who have hit the most number of sixes in Tests for India. Yashasvi has hit 45 sixes. He has scored 2567 runs for India from 2023 to 2023. He has scored 7 centuries and 13 half-centuries. 322 sixes are also recorded in his name.

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