Yashasvi Jaiswal broke Virender Sehwag’s 15 year old record
Yashasvi Jaiswal Record: The fourth match of the five-Test series between India and Australia is going on. Meanwhile, Indian team’s star opener Yashasvi Jaiswal played a better innings in the second innings of the match, but he missed completing his century. However, what happened was that with his innings he broke Virender Sehwag’s almost 16-year-old record. Still he could not reach number one. Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar are still ahead of him. This is India’s last match of this year. Therefore, now Jaiswal will not be able to move ahead.
This year has been good for Yashasvi Jaiswal
This year has been very good for Yashasvi Jaiswal. There have been very few occasions when runs have not come from his bat. Jaiswal made his debut against West Indies in July last year, since then he has been playing continuously and creating many new records. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 84 runs in the last innings of this year. During this period he faced 208 balls. His strike rate was around 40. He hit 8 fours during his steady innings. Although he missed completing his century.
Jaiswal overtakes Virender Sehwag
This year Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 1478 runs in Test cricket. The record of the Indian batsman scoring the most Test runs in a year is still in the name of Sachin Tendulkar. He had scored 1562 runs in the year 2010. From then till now this record remains unbroken. Earlier in the year 1979, Sunil Gavaskar had scored 1555 runs, only Sachin Tendulkar broke his record. Now Jaiswal has come at third place in this list. He has done the work of pushing back Virender Sehwag. Sehwag had scored 1462 runs in the year 2008 and then 1422 runs in the year 2010. They have now gone backwards. Although it was expected that Jaiswal could surpass Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar, but it did not happen.
Last match of India vs Australia series left
The last match of India vs Australia is still pending, which will be played in Sydney from 3rd January i.e. next year. This match is also going to be very important. Especially in the context of the World Test Championship. The South African team is already at number one in the WTC points table and has secured its seat for the final. Now only one team is left, which can be either India or Australia. That means the competition ahead will be very tough.
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