Bazball gone wrong? Stats reveal Yashasvi Jaiswal has hit one less six than entire England team in the Test series

England are currently touring the India for a five-match Test series. After four matches, the visitors are down by 3-1, with their solitary win coming in the inaugural Test match in Hyderabad. One of their major concerns throughout the series, has been the performance of the batting unit.

Sixes have, for the longest time, been a rarity in Test cricket. The red-ball format is known for a more defensive approach towards batting.

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However, with changing times, the batters have resorted to maximums to pile on the runs. Test cricket is no longer about just patience, perseverance, and grit. Instead, the batters choose to play as per the real-time situation.

The current England Test Team, under the leadership of Brendon McCullum, have been the torch-bearers of this paradigm shift in Test cricket. The English have displayed an aggressive brand of cricket under McCullum. Bazball has now entered not just cricket parlance but also the Collins English dictionary.

However, the all-out aggressive approach has crashed spectacularly in India. One statistic that shows how ineffective the English tactics have been on this tour of India - Yashasvi Jaiswal alone has scored almost as many sixes as the entire England team.

How many sixes have England hit in the ongoing Test series vs India?

The visitors have scored only 29 sixes in four Tests (and counting) so far. 

Yes, this is the number of the whole England squad. England as a team, are just one ahead of Yashasvi Jaiswal, in terms of sixes scored.

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How many sixes has Yashasvi Jaiswal hit in the England Test series?

Yashasvi Jaiswal has hit a whopping 26 sixes in the ongoing Test series against England. The Indian opener has been on-song throughout the series, and also became the fastest since Vinod Kambli to score 1000 Test runs.

Earlier in the series, England batter Ben Duckett had credited England for the aggressive style of Yashasvi Jaiswal in the series. A theory that has been debunked by many a famous cricketer - from Nasser Hussain to Rohit Sharma.

Sixes hit in this #INDvsENG series:

India - 68*
England - 27

Jaiswal - 26

Who is Bazballing? #INDvsENGTest

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) March 8, 2024

How many sixes have India hit in the ongoing Test series vs England?

India have hit a mind-blowing 71 maximums in the ongoing Test series against England. India are miles ahead of England in terms of aggression displayed on the pitch in both, batting and fielding. Critics have hit back at England, after India's batting skills in the ongoing Test series.

To put things into perspective, India hit 28 sixes in the third Test alone - more than England's 27 in the whole series so far.