Ricky Ponting of Australia is considered one of the greatest batsmen in Test history. At one time, he was competing with Sachin Tendulkar in the case of most Test centuries. Ricky Ponting played his last Test in 2012. Ponting scored 13378 runs in the 168 -match Test career. This includes 41 centuries and 62 half -centuries. At the same time, Ravindra Jadeja of India is an all -rounder. Ravindra Jadeja, playing his 83rd Test, has equaled Ponting in the case of sixes.

Jadeja’s sixes equaled Ponting

Ricky Ponting batted in 287 innings of 168 Test matches. During this time 73 sixes came out of his bat. At the same time, Ravindra Jadeja has so far batted in 123 innings of 83 Test matches. He has also hit 73 sixes. He hit a six in the first innings of the Lord’s Test against England. With this, he reached the par of Ricky Ponting. Among the Indian batsmen, only Sehwag, Rohit, Pant and Dhoni have hit more sixes than Jadeja.

Ravindra Jadeja has equaled Ricky Ponting in the case of sixes, but former Australian captain is most ahead of him in batting records. Ponting has hit 1509 fours while Jadeja has hit only 357 fours. Jadeja’s batting average in Test matches is about 15 less than the average Ponting. Ponting is also ahead of them in terms of strike rate.

Second aspect of the coin

Ravindra Jadeja has equaled the sixes of Ricky Ponting in Test cricket. But there is another aspect of the coin. Test cricket is changing very fast. Now there are more sixes. Even after this, today’s top -order batsmen avoid playing the ball in the air. While the lower order batsmen have freedom. This is the reason why great batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar, AB de Villiers, Kapil Dev, Sanath Jayasuriya and David Warner have hit less sixes than Ravindra Jadeja in Test matches.