Yashasvi Jaiswal breaks Virender Sehwag's 16 years record but behind Sachin and Gavaskar
The fourth match of the five-Test series between India and Australia is underway. Meanwhile, the Indian team's star opener Yashasvi Jaiswal played a better innings in the second innings of the match, but he missed out on completing his century. However, with his innings, he broke Virender Sehwag's 16-year-old record. Still, he could not reach the first position. Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar are still ahead of him. This is India's last match of the year. So, Jaiswal will not be able to get ahead.
This year has been perfect for Yashasvi Jaiswal. It has happened very rarely that runs have not come from his bat. Jaiswal made his debut against West Indies in July last year, since then he has been playing continuously and creating many new records. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 84 runs in the last innings of this year. During this, he faced 208 balls. His strike rate was close to 40. He hit 8 fours during his well-planned innings. However, he missed out on completing his century.
This year Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 1478 runs in Test cricket. The record of the Indian batsman scoring the most Test runs in a year is still held by Sachin Tendulkar. He scored 1562 runs in the year 2010. Since then, this record is unbroken. Earlier in the year 1979, Sunil Gavaskar had scored 1555 runs, Sachin Tendulkar broke his record. Now Jaiswal has come to the third place in this list. He has left Virender Sehwag behind. Sehwag scored 1462 runs in the year 2008 and after that 1422 runs in the year 2010. He has now gone behind. Although it was expected that Jaiswal could also surpass Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar, this did not happen.
The last match of India vs Australia is still left, which will be played in Sydney from January 3, i.e. next year. This match is also going to be very important. Especially in terms of the World Test Championship. South Africa's team is already at number one in the WTC points table and has confirmed its seat for the final. Now only one team's place is left, which can be either India or Australia. That is, the match ahead will be very tough.