6 Indian Batsmen with Most 50+ Scores in Test Cricket in a Year
6 Indian batsmen with most 50+ scores in Test cricket in a year: Young Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored a half-century in the ongoing Boxing Day Test match against Australia in Melbourne and has batted brilliantly. With this half-century, he has also included himself in a big list of legends.
This is his eighth Test half-century of the year. He has now joined the list of Indian legends who have scored the most Test 50+ scores in a year. Let's take a look at those Indian batsmen who have scored the most 50+ scores in Tests in a year.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Gundappa Vishwanath, and Mohinder Amarnath - 11th time
The year 2024 has been great for Yashasvi Jaiswal and he is the second-highest run-scorer in the world in Tests this year. Jaiswal has scored three centuries and eight half-centuries so far this year. These include a double century. Overall, he has scored 50+ for the 11th time this year.
With this, he has become the joint third Indian batsman to score 50+ in Test cricket the most number of times in a year. Gundappa Vishwanath in 1979 and Mohinder Amarnath in 1983 had scored 50+ in Test cricket 11 times in a year.
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Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar - 12 times
Sunil Gavaskar in 1979 and Sachin Tendulkar in 2010 have scored 50+ 12 times in Test cricket in a year. Both of them are jointly second in this matter. Sachin also scored the most runs that year, 1562, which included seven centuries and five half-centuries.
Out of these, he also scored two double centuries. Gavaskar, who scored the most Test runs in 1979, scored four centuries and eight half-centuries. During this period, he also scored a double century.
Virender Sehwag- 13 times
The Indian who has scored the most Test 50+ scores in a year is Virender Sehwag, who achieved this feat in 2010 while scoring the second most runs in Tests. Sehwag scored five centuries and eight half-centuries in Tests in 2010. Sehwag scored all his five centuries in India. He scored two centuries each against South Africa and Sri Lanka.
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