Yashasvi Jaiswal made so many records on the first day, even Rohit Sharma was not left behind.
Yashasvi Jaiswal Rohit Sharma Record : The Indian team completely dominated on the first day of the last Test being played between India and England in Dharamsala. First, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin, playing his 100th Test, wreaked havoc. After this, when India came to bat, Yashasvi Jaiswal made a series of new records. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma also did not lag behind, he also registered his name in the record book. Let us know which major records were made by Jaiswal and Rohit on the first day.
Jaiswal completed 712 runs in the series
Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 712 runs so far in this series. He has left behind former captain Virat Kohli in terms of scoring the most runs in a Test series. In 2014, Kohli scored 691 runs in a Test series against Australia away from home. While playing against England at home in 2016, he scored 655 runs. Now Jaiswal has gone ahead of him by scoring 712 runs. Now only Sunil Gavaskar is ahead of him. He scored 774 runs against West Indies in the year 1971. After this, in the year 1978, Gavaskar had scored 732 runs against West Indies. Now Jaiswal has one more innings of this match. If he gets a chance to bat in this, he can target and break this record.
Yashasvi completes 1000 runs in test
With this match, Jaiswal has also completed his 1000 runs in Test cricket. There are many players who have scored 1000 runs for India, but now he has been included in the list of those top players who have the best average. He has come at par with Cheteshwar Pujara, while leaving behind Sunil Gavaskar and Mayank Agarwal. Only Vinod Kambli is ahead of him. When Kambli completed his 1000 runs, his average was 83.33. Whereas Cheteshwar Pujara and Jaiswal have an average of 71.43. During this period, Sunil Gavaskar’s average was 62.5 and Mayank Agarwal’s average was 55.56.
Among the youngest players to score 1000 test runs
He is behind many players in terms of being the youngest to score 1000 runs in Test cricket, but he has left Dilip Vengsarkar behind. Sachin Tendulkar is at first place in this matter. When Sachin completed one thousand runs in Test, when he was 19 years and 217 days old. After this, Kapil Dev scored one thousand runs in Test at the age of 21 years and 27 days. Ravi Shastri had scored one thousand runs in Test at the age of 21 years and 197 days. After this, now Jaiswal’s turn has come. He has scored one thousand runs at the age of 22 years and 70 days. Dilip Vengsarkar reached this milestone at the age of 22 years and 293 days.
Completed 1000 runs after so many days of test debut
Yashasvi Jaiswal has also added his name to the list of scoring 1000 runs in the shortest number of days of his debut in Test cricket. In this matter Mike Hussey is at number one. He touched this milestone in 166 days after making his debut. Whereas Aidan Markram had done this in 185 days. Adam Woakes did this in 207 days and Andrew Strauss did this in 227 days. It has been 239 days since Jaiswal made his debut and he has done the job. If we talk about Indian players, earlier this record was in the name of Rahul Dravid. He did this 299 days after his debut. Now Jaiswal has become the first batsman to do so for India.
Completed 1000 runs in this many matches
Even in terms of scoring his 1000 runs in Tests, Jaiswal has done so in very few matches. In this matter, Don Bradman is at number one, who had scored 1000 runs in just 7 matches. After this comes Everton Weeks who had scored one thousand runs in 9 matches. Herbert Sutcliffe and George Hadlee also reached this milestone after playing only 9 matches. Now Jaiswal has also accomplished this feat in his ninth match. He has become the first batsman to do so for India.
Pujara and Mayank Agarwal were left behind
If we talk about being the fastest to score 1000 Test runs in terms of innings, then he has now come second after Vinod Kambli. Kambli had scored 1000 runs in 14 innings. This was Jaiswal’s 16th innings and he achieved the feat. Cheteshwar Pujara had scored one thousand runs in 18 and Mayank Agarwal had scored one thousand runs in 19 innings. It took 21 innings for Sunil Gavaskar to reach here.
Rohit completed 50 sixes in WTC
Now let’s talk about Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma is second in terms of hitting most sixes in the history of the World Test Championship. In this match, he has crossed the 50 mark by hitting 2 sixes. He has become the second batsman in the world to hit more than 50 sixes in WTC. Ben Stokes has hit 78 sixes, while Rohit Sharma now has 51 sixes.
Rohit took his 60th catch in test
Rohit Sharma took his 60th catch in Test today. Before this, he had taken 93 catches in ODI and 60 catches in T20 International. He has become the first player in the world to have more than 60 catches in all three formats. This record is amazing in itself, but Rohit Sharma has achieved it too. Now it remains to be seen how many more records will be made or broken on the second day of the match.
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