Yashasvi equals Kohli’s record on Day 4 of 4th IND vs ENG Test
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Yashasvi Jaiswal equals Virat Kohli’s Record
Yashasvi Jaiswal, a young opener for Team India, has tied Virat Kohli’s record for the most runs scored by an Indian batsman in a Test series against England.
On Sunday, February 26, the southpaw accomplished the feat on Day 4 of the fourth Test match against England in Ranchi.
The 22-year-old, who had gone 16 without losing the previous night, scored 37 off 44 balls as he attempted to take Joe Root on but instead ended up slicing the delivery, and a diving James Anderson at backward point caught it.
India would have preferred Jaiswal to continue and take more balls, but throughout his innings, the young player did manage to tie a significant milestone.
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After eight innings, the opener has 655 runs. This is a record for the joint-highest number of runs an Indian hitter has scored against England in a Test series.
On England’s 2016–17 tour of India, Kohli amassed 655 runs at an average of 109.16 in eight innings.
Current head coach Rahul Dravid scored 602 runs in six innings in England in 2002, ranking him among other Indian hitters who have scored the most runs against England in a Test series. Having scored 593 runs in 10 innings while on tour in England in 2018, Kohli is back on the list. In 1961–62, Vijay Manjrekar scored 586 runs at an average of 83.71 in eight innings when England was touring India.
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In an India vs. England Test series, Graham Gooch tops the list of batsmen with the most runs scored overall. In 1990, he scored 752 runs in six innings when India was touring England. This featured the well-known Lord’s Test score of 333 runs.
Root ranks second on the list, as another former England captain.
During India’s tour of England in 2021–2022, he scored four hundreds and 737 runs at an average of 105.28 in nine innings.
Most runs against England in a Test series by an Indian:
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 26, 2024
Yashasvi Jaiswal – 655*
Virat Kohli – 655
The future star joins with GOAT. pic.twitter.com/jRbWOYCDAj
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s outstanding performance in the current Test Series
Throughout the current Test series against England, Jaiswal has been playing well. In the first Test in Hyderabad, he scored 80 and 15, while in the second Test at Visakhapatnam, he scored 209 and 17.
After Vinod Kambli and Virat Kohli, the southpaw became the third Indian batsman to record two hundreds in a series of Test matches when he made 214* in Rajkot’s second innings. In the first over of the Test, he was out for ten.
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