NEW DELHI: During the second day of the fourth Test against England in Ranchi,
Yashasvi Jaiswal
exhibited bold stroke play, surpassing
Virender Sehwag
's
record
for the most Test sixes by an Indian batter in a calendar year. Jaiswal achieved this feat with an impressive tally of 23 sixes in just five matches in 2024.
Furthermore, he is on the verge of reaching the prestigious 1000-run milestone in Test cricket, being only 66 runs away.
Currently, Jaiswal has accumulated 934 runs at an outstanding average of 71.84.
He also became only the fifth Indian batter to score 600 or more runs in a Test series, as he compiled 73 at the JSCA International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
Jaiswal soared past the 600-run mark in a mere seven innings across four Tests. The young sensation has so far amassed a staggering 618 runs in this series against England, boasting an impressive average of 103 and a formidable strike rate of 78.32, hitting two centuries and two half-centuries.
Jaiswal joined an illustrious league of Indian legends that includes
Sunil Gavaskar
(1971, 1978),
Virat Kohli
(2014, 2016, 2017), Dilip Sardesai (1971), and Rahul Dravid (2002), who have previously breached the 600-run mark in a Test series.
With the tantalizing prospect of surpassing Gavaskar's legendary record of 774 runs against West Indies in 1971, Jaiswal stands on the brink of rewriting the history books, a mere 156 runs away from etching his name in cricketing folklore.
Jaiswal now finds himself in the esteemed company of cricketing luminaries such as Sir Don Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Graeme Smith,
George Headley
and Neil Harvey, who have all amassed over 600 runs in a Test series before turning 23.
(With inputs from IANS)
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