Yashasvi Jaiswal reached a new milestone, but why did she fall behind AB de Villiers and Alastair Cook?
Yashasvi Jaiswal: Yashasvi Jaiswal is considered the most capable batsman among the young players in the Indian team. They have proven it many times. Another issue is that Jaiswal is yet to show the magic with the bat in the three-Test series against New Zealand for which he is known and renowned. Meanwhile, not many runs are coming out of his bat, but despite that, in this year, i.e. 2024, he has definitely reached a new milestone. However, he missed the opportunity to chase AB de Villiers and Alastair Cook.
This year Jaiswal scored more than 1000 runs in Test.
Yashasvi Jaiswal has completed his 1000 runs in Test cricket this year. Although he had chances to overtake AB de Villiers and Alastair Cook. If we talk about batsmen who have scored more than 1000 runs in a calendar year before turning 23, then Jaiswal’s name has also been added. Well, if we talk about the batsman who has scored the most Test runs in a year, then the name of Gary Sobers comes here. He carried out this work in 1958. Here we are talking only about those batsmen whose age at that time was less than 23 years.
AB de Villiers and Alastair Cook’s record narrowly saved
In 2003, this feat was achieved by Green Smith of South Africa. He was then under 23 years old and had obtained more than 1,000 tests in a calendar year. He had 1,198 races to his name that year. In the year 2005, AB de Villiers managed to score 1008 runs while playing a test match for his team. Alastair Cook of England scored 1013 runs in the year 2006. Now Jaiswal has also become a part of this list. He scored over a thousand runs but was eliminated immediately afterwards. Had he extended his innings, he could have left AB de Villiers and Alastair Cook behind. Although it still has possibilities. He has not yet batted in the second inning of this game. That means if his bat gets more runs in the second innings, he will definitely leave these two big hitters behind.
Team India’s batsmen did not play in the match.
If we talk about the India vs New Zealand Test, then Team India seems to be in trouble right now. Neither Virat Kohli nor Rohit Sharma’s bat could do anything. Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan were also unable to face the New Zealand bowlers, exiting early and returning to the pavilion. At this moment only the second day of the match is being played and it remains to be seen how the match will go in the coming days.
More than 1,000 tests in a calendar year before age 23
Garfield Sobers (1958): 1,193 runs
Graeme Smith (2003): 1198 runs
AB de Villiers (2005): 1008 runs
Alastair Cook (2006): 1013 runs
Yashasvi Jaiswal (2024): 1003
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