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Top 5 Indian players with most sixes in an over in a Test match
Hitting sixes in Tests is not an easy feat. In particular, smashing a lot of them in a single over is a difficult feat. The fact that the red ball is more difficult to hit than the white ball makes it a great feat for the batters to smash a lot of sixes in a single innings of a Test match. Not many batters have been able to pull off such feats in the longest format of the game in past.
However, some of them have been able to entertain the fans with their batting by smashing a lot of sixes in a particular match in the longest format of the game. From India, there are a few batters who have hit seven or more sixes in a single Test innings. To be precise, there are seven batters who have hit seven or more sixes in a Test innings from India.
Here is the list of the top five batters who have hit the greatest number of sixes in a Test innings for India.
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5. Harbhajan Singh (Seven sixes)
Top five batters who have hit the greatest number of sixes in a Test innings for India (Source: X)
Harbhajan Singh smashed seven sixes in an innings in 2010. The match took place against New Zealand in Hyderabad. In his stay in the middle, the lower-order batter scored 111 runs in 116 balls, which included seven huge sixes. The former Indian batter definitely surprised many with his six-hitting spree in the middle. His knock came at a batting SR of 95.68.
