Yashasvi Jaiswal Smashes Records: The last match of the five-Test series is being played between India and England at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Stadium in Dharamshala and on the first day of this match, left-handed opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has created history.
Yashasvi Jaiswal has come in the list of fastest batsmen to score 1000 runs in the history of Test cricket. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who made his Test debut in the year 2023, has completed 1000 Test runs in only 9 Tests. On the top of this list is Don Bradman, who had completed 1000 runs in just seven matches.
After Don Bradman, Yashasvi Jaiswal is jointly at second place in this list. Apart from Yashasvi Jaiswal, Everton Weeks, Herbert Sutcliffe and George Headley have touched the figure of one thousand runs in 9 Tests. Among Indian batsmen, this record was earlier in the name of Sunil Gavaskar and Cheteshwar Pujara, who had achieved this position in 11 Tests.
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Apart from this, Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was out after scoring 57 runs on the first day against England, is the second Indian batsman after Sunil Gavaskar to score 700 runs in a Test series. Before Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sunil Gavaskar had done this feat twice. Sunil Gavaskar had scored more than 700 runs in the Test series against West Indies in 1971 and 1978.
With this, Yashasvi Jaiswal has come third in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in a Test series for India. The first place in this list is Sunil Gavaskar, who scored 774 runs against West Indies in 1971. Gavaskar is also at second place in the list, who scored 732 runs against West Indies in 1978.
Most runs in a Test series for India:
774 – Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies, 1971 (Away)
732 – Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies, 1978/79 (Home)
712 – Yashasvi Jaiswal vs England, 2024 (Home)
692 – Virat Kohli vs Australia, 2014/15 (Away)
655 – Virat Kohli vs England, 2016 (Home)
If we talk about the match, then on the first day, after winning the toss and coming to bat, the England team was limited to 218 runs. Jack Crawley was the highest run scorer for England with his innings of 79 runs. For India, Kuldeep Yadav took 5 wickets for 72 runs. Apart from him, R Ashwin, playing his 100th match, took 4 wickets for 51 runs. While one wicket came in the account of Ravindra Jadeja.
In response, Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma gave a fast start to India. There was a partnership of 104 runs between the two for the first wicket in 20.4 overs. India got its first blow in the form of Jaiswal. Jaiswal was out after scoring 57 runs. Till stumps on the first day, Rohit Sharma remained unbeaten on 52 runs in 83 balls and Shubman Gill remained unbeaten on 26 runs in 39 balls.
