Team India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal’s terrific form continued in the fifth test of the ongoing series against England on Thursday, March 8 at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala. He slammed a fifty to lay a solid platform for India’s middle-order in the innings. In the process, he joined Sunil Gavaskar in a rare list.
Yashasvi Jaiswal opened the innings alongside Rohit Sharma. He took on the England bowlers, smashing five boundaries and three sixes. He managed 57 runs before getting stumped by Ben Foakes off Shoaib Bashir. During the innings, Yashasvi Jaiswal completed 700 runs in the ongoing five-match series. He became the only second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to achieve this feat in a bilateral series.
Sunil Gavaskar has gone past the landmark twice. He scored 774 runs in four Tests against the West Indies in 1970-71, and then scored 732 runs against the same opposition in the 1978-79 season. Yashasvi Jaiswal now has 712 runs at an average of 89, including a double-century. He also broke Virat Kohli’s record for Most Runs by an Indian in a Test series. Kohli had scored 655 runs against England in the 2016 test series away from home.
Yashasvi Jaiswal completes 1000 Test runs
Team India batter Yashasvi Jaiswal achieved the 1000 Test runs landmark during the fifth test against England at Dharamsala. He reached the landmark in just 16 innings. Among Indians, Vinod Kambli is ahead of him in the list, getting to 1000 Test runs in 14 innings. In terms of matches, Jaiswal leads the chart with nine tests. Overall, Don Bradman heads the list scoring 1000 Test runs in just seven matches.
In nine tests, Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 1028 runs at an average of 68.53, and a strike rate of 70.07. He has two double centuries, three centuries and four fifties to his name. His highest score of 214 came against England in the ongoing series.
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