Yashasvi Jaiswal Has made a sensational start to his Test career and is the third highest run scorer after this year Joe Root And Kamindu MendisJaiswal has a total of 929 runs in eight Tests (15 innings) in 2024 at an average of 66.35 and a strike rate of 80.64. He was the standout batsman for India in their spectacular seven-wicket win against Bangladesh in Kanpur.
Jaiswal scored 72 runs in 51 balls in the first innings and followed it up with 51 runs in 45 balls in the second innings, leading India and showcasing their version of ‘Baseball’ to the world! Jaiswal has played just 11 Tests but he has already become a force to be reckoned with in this format. As mentioned, we look at some defined numbers HereWhich is different from his career.
Most runs in the world since Test debut Jaiswal has made a great start to his Test career and has the most runs in the world since his debut against West Indies at Roseau in July 2023. Jaiswal has scored 1217 runs in 11 Tests (20 innings). And then there is Joe Root (total 1166 runs in 13 Tests/23 innings) and Kamindu Mendis (943 runs in 7 Tests/12 innings). Rohit Sharma The Indian is next on the list and is 475 runs behind Jaiswal!
A leading proponent of Indian baseball
Rohit Sharma has led a mini revolution for India at the top of the order in limited overs cricket over the last few years by advocating an all-out attacking policy in the powerplay. The new attacking mindset has brought rich returns for India as they have made it to the final of the 2023 World Cup before winning the 2024 T20 World Cup in the Caribbean. Jaiswal has followed suit and has completely immersed himself in this philosophy in both T20I and Test cricket – both the formats he has played for India.
While the left-handed batsman has a strike rate of 164.3 in T20I cricket, he has also scored 71.67 runs per hundred balls in red-ball cricket. Jaiswal is a real match-winner for India at the top of the order as he scores big runs at a high strike rate. He provides blitzkrieg to set a platform for India’s middle-order, takes away the shine of the new ball, discourages opposition attacks and in turn also gives enough time to the Indian bowlers to bowl out the opposition twice – especially in home conditions – a classic example of which was against Bangladesh at Green Park, Kanpur. Only Virender Sehwag (strike rate 82.23), Kapil Dev (80.91) and Rishabh Pant The strike rate for India in Test cricket (minimum 1000 runs) of (74.14) is higher than Jaiswal (strike rate of 71.67).
Among the current crop of batsmen, only harry brook (strike rate 86.79), ben duckett (86.18) and Pant (74.14) have higher scoring rates than Jaiswal. Jaiswal has scored 1217 runs in 11 Test matches at an average of 64.05 with three centuries and seven fifties, the third highest average in Test history. His batting average puts him third in the all-time list (minimum 1000 runs) after Sir Don Bradman (average of 99.94) and Kamindu Mendis (91.27).
It’s still early days, but as far as debuts go, it doesn’t get any better than this! Jaiswal, who is the third fastest to 1000 Test runs in the last 50 years, completed 1000 Test runs in his 16th innings in Test cricket in the fifth Test against England in Dharamsala in March this year. He became the second fastest Indian (in terms of number of innings) to cross the 1000-run mark Vinod Kambli Who reached this milestone in his 14th innings.
Just for perspective, Cheteshwar Pujara (18 innings), Mayank Agarwal (19 innings) and Sunil Gavaskar (21 innings) Complete top 5 for India. Overall, Jaiswal is the 10th fastest player to reach 1000 runs in the history of Test cricket! And the third fastest in the last 50 years behind Kamindu Mendis (13 innings) and Kambli (14 innings).
century on test debut
Jaiswal made headlines by playing a brilliant inning of 171 runs on his Test debut against West Indies in Roseau in July, 2023. Interestingly, this was not a typical aggressive innings of Jaiswal. He applied himself and adjusted to the conditions, spending a little more than eight hours in between. Jaiswal faced around 387 balls, displaying his ability to change his style according to the current situation. He became the 17th Indian to score a century on Test debut.
In the same league as Brian Charles, Lara Jaiswal had achieved a unique achievement against England in Visakhapatnam in February this year. He became only the seventh batsman to score a double century in an innings, while no other batsman has even recorded a half-century in the same innings! Jaiswal scored a brilliant 209 runs in the second test and was the second highest scorer of the innings. Shubman Gill With 34.
Jaiswal joins the distinguished list of batsmen who have achieved this feat – brian lara (vs Australia, 2005), Marvan Atapattu (vs Zimbabwe, 1999), Dennis Amiss (vs West Indies, 1974), Arthur Morris (vs England, 1951), leonard hutton (vs West Indies, 1950) and Dudley Nourse (vs Australia, 1935).
Third Indian to score two consecutive double centuries
Jaiswal rewrote the history books when he scored unbeaten 214 off just 236 balls against England in the third Test in Rajkot in 2024. He became the third Indian batsman to score two consecutive double centuries after Vinod Kambli and. Virat KohliJaiswal also joined Vinoo Mankad (against New Zealand at home in 1955–56) and Kohli (against Sri Lanka at home in 2017–18) and became the third Indian to score two double centuries in a Test series!
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