Yashasvi Jaiswal joins Sunil Gavaskar, Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid in the elite club with another impressive innings against England. cricket news

Indian batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has continued his tremendous form in Test cricket and by hitting a six in the first innings of the fourth Test against England, this young opener has left behind many greats, including Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Azharuddin, Rahul Dravid etc. Are included. Sixes hit in test cricket. In the first innings, Jaiswal scored 73 runs in 117 balls with the help of eight fours and one six. His runs came at a strike rate of more than 62.

Now, Jaiswal has smashed 26 sixes, which is now level with star India batsman Virat Kohli (26). His sixes are more than the career tally of KL Rahul (24), Yuvraj Singh (22), Ravi Shastri (22), Mohinder Amarnath (22), Rahul Dravid (21), Mohammed Azharuddin (19), Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi ( 19), Cheteshwar Pujara (16), Gautam Gambhir (10).

The most number of sixes hit by an Indian player is of Virender Sehwag, who has hit 90 sixes in Test cricket. Jaiswal overtook Virender Sehwag’s record of most Test sixes by an Indian batsman in a calendar year by hitting an impressive number of 23 sixes in just five matches in 2024.

The top three six-hitters in Test cricket are: England captain Ben Stokes (128), former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum (107) and former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist (100). These are the three players who have hit 100 or more sixes in Tests.

In the ongoing series against England, Jaiswal has scored 618 runs in seven innings of four matches at an average of 103 and a strike rate of over 78, which includes two double centuries and two fifties. His best score is 214*.

Talking about the match, England batted first and scored 353 runs in their first innings. India restricted England to 112/5, but Joe Root (122* from 274 balls, with 10 fours) returned to form with his 31st Test century. Apart from this, wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Fox (47 runs from 126 balls with the help of four fours and one six) and Ollie Robinson (58 runs from 96 balls with the help of nine fours and one six) also made useful contributions, both of them Made a century partnership with Root.

Ravindra Jadeja (4/67) was the best bowler for India, while debutant Akash Deep (3/83) won everyone’s heart with his opening spell. Mohammed Siraj (2/78) was good with the ball too.

With the help of Dhruv Jurel (30*) and Kuldeep Yadav (17*), India ended the second day at 219/7. Yashasvi Jaiswal continued his excellent form by scoring 73 runs in 117 balls with the help of eight fours and one six. Shubman Gill also scored 38 runs in 65 balls with the help of six fours. Spinners Shoaib Bashir (4/84) and Tom Hartley.

Yashasvi Jaiswal on Saturday became the fifth Indian to cross the 600-run mark in a Test series. With a single off England spinner Shoaib Bashir, Jaiswal remained unbeaten on 55 and crossed the 600-run mark in the ongoing series. Jaiswal needs only 38 more runs to break Virat Kohli’s record of most runs for India in a Test series against England.

In the elite list, Jaiswal joined Indian batting forces Sunil Gavaskar, Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid and Dilip Sardesai to score more than 600 runs in a Test series.

He became the third Indian to cross 600 runs in a Test series against England, with only former captain Kohli (655 runs in 2016/17) ahead of him, while surpassing India head coach Rahul Dravid (602 runs in 2002) .

Talking about the second day of the ongoing Test, Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 73 runs and an unbroken 42-run partnership between Dhruv Jurel (30) and Kuldeep Yadav helped India make a partial comeback after England’s spinners Shoaib Bashir and Tom Hartley dominated. Helped to do.

At the end of the second day’s play, India’s score was 219/7 runs in 73 overs. Dhruv Jurel (30) and Kuldeep Yadav (17) were unbeaten at the crease and faced the England attack patiently. Earlier in the day, England were all out for 353, with Joe Root unbeaten on 122. The visiting team still has a lead of 134 runs.