[WATCH]- Yashasvi Jaiswal Smashes Four boundaries Off Mitchell Starc In 5th BGT Test

Yashasvi Jaiswal set the tone for India after a narrow four-run first-innings lead on Day 2 of the fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) in Sydney on Saturday, January 4. The left-handed batter smashed four boundaries, including three in a row, off Mitchell Starc in the first over of India’s second innings.

After leaving the first delivery, Jaiswal cut a short ball outside off over backward point for a boundary. He repeated the shot for identical results on the next two deliveries. After missing the fifth ball, he drove the last one through cover to make it 16 runs off the over.

You can watch the video here:

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Notably, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Mitchell Starc drew attention after their clash in the first Test in Perth. Jaiswal has scored over 130 runs off the left-arm pacer but has been dismissed by him four times.

Yashasvi Jaiswal is India’s top scorer in the BGT 2024-25 series

Yashasvi Jaiswal has excelled in the ongoing five-match Test series in Australia, emerging as India’s top scorer with 369 runs at an average of 46.13, including one century and two fifties, excluding the current innings.

The Mumbai batter hit 161 in the Perth opener, which India won by 295 runs, and followed it up with scores of 82 and 84 in the fourth Test in Melbourne, though India couldn’t save the match.

Jaiswal also ended the year as India’s highest run-scorer in Tests, accumulating 1,478 runs in 15 matches (29 innings), with two double centuries and nine fifties. He trails only Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 1,562 runs in 14 Tests in 2010, while Virender Sehwag ranks third with 1,462 runs in 2008.

Pakistan’s Mohammad Yusuf leads the record with 1,788 runs in 11 Tests in 2006. In the match, India were 36/1 with KL Rahul and Jaiswal at the crease, as Australia lead the five-game series 2-1.

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