IND vs ENG: Yashasvi Jaiswal misses out on breaking star Indian cricketer’s 26-year-old record by…
New Delhi: Indian team’s young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has missed out on a big achievement in his Test career. This left-handed batsman had a chance to complete the fastest 2000 Test runs for India in the first innings of the second Test being played against England at Edgbaston. But Yashasvi could not do so by just 10 runs.
Whose record could have been broken by Yashasvi Jaiswal?
Yashasvi got out after scoring 87 runs. So now he has 1990 runs in 39 innings of Tests. If he had scored 10 more runs, he would have become the fastest Indian to score 2000 runs. By doing this, Yashasvi would have also broken the record of Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag. Sehwag-Dravid had achieved this feat in 40 innings. Now if Yashasvi has done it in 39 innings only.
Who are the two players and when did they achieve their record?
Rahul Dravid did this feat against New Zealand in Hamilton in 1999 and Virender Sehwag did this feat against Australia in Chennai in 2004. Yashasvi made his Test debut against West Indies in July 2023 at Roseau and has scored 1990 runs in 39 innings so far. His average is 52.86.
Who are the fastest Indian batters to score 2000 Test runs?
- Rahul Dravid – 40 innings (New Zealand, Hamilton, 1999)
- Virender Sehwag 40 innings (Australia, Chennai, 2001)
- Vijay Hazare – 43 innings (West Indies, Port of Spain, 1953)
- Gautam Gambhir – 43 innings (New Zealand, Napier, 2009)
- Sunil Gavaskar – 44 innings (West Indies, Port of Spain, 1976)
How was Yashasvi Jaiswal’s performance?
Yashasvi had performed brilliantly in the first Test as well and scored 101 runs (159 balls, 16 fours and 1 six) in the first innings. However, in the second innings, he could score only 4 runs and was dismissed by Brydon Curse. However, after contributing in batting, Jaiswal will also have to focus on his fielding. In the Leeds Test, he dropped four easy catches which affected the result of the match.
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