Delhi: Team India's opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has achieved an important achievement. He was out after scoring 30 runs on the second day of the Pune Test (25 October) against New Zealand, but he has become the youngest batsman for India to score 1000 runs in Test cricket this year. 22-year-old Yashasvi broke Dilip Vengsarkar's 45-year-old record by scoring 1000 test runs. Vengsarkar had crossed this figure in 1979 at the age of 23.
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Yashasvi has scored 1007 runs in 10 Test matches this year at an average of 59.23, which includes 2 centuries and 6 half-centuries. He has a chance to play 3 more Test matches in 2024, through which he can try to break the record of great batsman Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar set the record for the most Test runs in a calendar year by scoring 1562 runs in 14 Test matches in 2010.
Root has the most test runs this year
This year, Yashasvi is in second place in terms of scoring the most runs in Test cricket, while in the first place is England's experienced batsman Joe Root, who has scored 1305 runs in 14 Test matches. Root also has 5 centuries and 4 half-centuries to his name. England opener Ben Duckett (957) and Sri Lankan all-rounder Kamindu Mendis (943) are also close to scoring 1000 runs this year.
FAQ
What did Yashasvi Jaiswal do earlier?
He lived in a tent with the groundsman at the grounds, where he sold panipuri to make ends meet. After living in tents for three years, Jaiswal's cricketing potential was spotted in December 2013 by Jwala Singh, who ran a cricket academy in Santa Cruz.
How much has Yashasvi Jaiswal studied?
He studied at BPMG Public School in UP, but due to poor financial condition he could not study much. At the age of 11, he left his village and went to Mumbai for cricket training, where he completed his schooling from Rizvi Springfield High School.
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