With an over-boundary off Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralidharan in Hobart on Saturday, Australia’s Adam Gilchrist became the first cricketer to crack 100 Test sixes. Incidentally, 10 of his 100 sixes have come against India.

TOP FIVE six HITTERS

100 — A. Gilchrist in 92 Tests

88 — B. Lara in 131 Tests

87 — C. Cairns in 62 Tests

84 — V. Richards in 121 Tests

79 — M. Hayden in 91 Tests