Yashasvi Jaiswal achieves historic feat, equals Don Bradman's record

Jaiswal has become the second cricketer in India and the seventh in the world to score 600 or more runs in a Test series before turning 23.

Update: 2024-02-25 12:55 GMT

Even though during India's first innings in the fourth test match, Yashasvi Jaiswal missed scoring a century and was out after scoring 73 runs but during his half-century innings, he achieved a historic feat.

Jaiswal has become the second cricketer in India and the seventh in the world to score 600 or more runs in a Test series before turning 23. By doing so, Jaiswal equaled the great Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar and Don Bradman. Has also equaled the record of.

Batsmen who scored 600 or more runs in a Test series before turning 23:

  • George Hadley
  • Don Bradman
  • Gary Sobers
  • Neil Harvey
  • Sunil Gavaskar
  • Graeme Smith
  • Yashasvi Jaiswal

Along with this, Jaiswal has left Kapil Dev and Rohit Sharma behind in terms of hitting the most sixes in Tests against any one team. Jaiswal has hit a total of 23 sixes so far against England in this series. By doing this he has broken the records of Rohit and Kapil Dev. Rohit has hit a total of 22 sixes in the Test against South Africa. At the same time, Kapil Dev has succeeded in hitting a total of 21 sixes in the Test against England. In this matter, Sachin Tendulkar is at number one who has hit 25 sixes against Australia. This means that in the coming time, Jaiswal can also break this record of Sachin.

Batsman who has hit most sixes for India in Test against any one team:

25 - Sachin Tendulkar vs Australia

23 - Yashasvi Jaiswal vs England*

22 - Rohit Sharma vs South Africa

21 - Kapil Dev vs England

21 - Rishabh Pant vs England

Jaiswal has become only the second opener of India who now has the record of scoring 600 or more runs in a bilateral Test series. Earlier such a feat was done by the great Sunil Gavaskar. Gavaskar did the feat of scoring a total of 774 runs in the 1971 series against the West Indies and 732 runs as an opener against the West Indies in 1978.

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