IND Vs AUS 1st Test Day 3 and Yashasvi Jaiswal first century: Indian team’s star opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a century in the Perth Test. This is his first century on Australian soil. With this century he also made some records. In the second innings of the Indian team, Yashasvi Jaiswal completed this century with a six. This is Yashasvi’s fourth century in Test cricket.
Yashasvi celebrated in a special way…
Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrated in iconic style immediately after scoring a century on the third day of the Perth Test (24 November). Yashasvi scored this century in 205 balls with the help of 8 fours and 3 sixes. In his first Test on Australian soil, Yashasvi Jaiswal proved his worth by scoring a century in the second innings. He achieved this feat in spectacular style by hitting an upper cut on the ball of Josh Hazlewood.
8 records were made…
After 22 year old Jaiswal scored a century, K.L. Rahul (77) was out immediately. But both of them also made a record of a special partnership. It is noteworthy that 8 records were made with this century of Yashasvi…
1: India’s first opening pair to score 200 runs in Australia
K.L. Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal became the first Indian opening pair to score 200 runs in a Test innings in Australia.
The opening pair which made a partnership of more than 200 runs in Australia
323 – Jack Hobbs, Wilfred Rhodes (England), Melbourne, 1912
283 – Jack Hobbs, Herbert Sutcliffe (England), Melbourne, 1925
234 – Bob Barber, Geoffrey Boycott (England), Sydney, 1966
223 – Bill Athey, Chris Broad (England), Perth (WACA), 1986
203 – Michael Atherton, Graham Gooch (England), Adelaide, 1991
201 – Yashasvi Jaiswal, K.L. Rahul (India), Perth (Optus), 2024
Highest opening runs for India among SENA countries
213 – Sunil Gavaskar, Chetan Chauhan Vs. England, The Oval, 1979
203 – Vijay Merchant, Mushtaq Ali vs England, Manchester, 1936
201 – Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul vs Australia, Perth (Optus), 2024
191 – Sunil Gavaskar, Kris Srikkanth vs Australia, Sydney, 1986
165 – Sunil Gavaskar, Chetan Chauhan vs Australia, Melbourne, 1981
2: Yashasvi Jaiswal became the first Asian batsman to score 1500 runs in his first 15 Test matches.
3: He is the second fastest Indian to score 1500 Test runs after Cheteshwar Pujara. Jaiswal achieved this feat in 28 innings.
4: Yashasvi Jaiswal is the third Indian to score a century in his debut Test in Australia.
Indian batsman who scored the first test century in Australia
101 – M.L. Jayasimha, Brisbane, 1967-68
113 – Sunil Gavaskar, Brisbane, 1977-78
101* – Yashasvi Jaiswal, Perth, 2024
5: He is the second youngest Indian opener to score a century in Australia. He achieved this feat at the age of 22 years 330 days.
6: Most Test centuries in a calendar year before the age of 23 (India)
4 – Sunil Gavaskar in 1971
4 – Vinod Kambli in 1993
3 – Ravi Shastri in 1984
3 – Sachin Tendulkar in 1992
3- Yashasvi Jaiswal in 2024
– The last Indian opener to score a Test century in Australia was K.L. It was Rahul (110) who scored a century at SCG in 2014-15.
7: Most Test centuries before the age of 23 (India)
8 – Sachin Tendulkar
5 – Ravi Shastri
4 – Sunil Gavaskar
4- Vinod Kambli
4- Yashasvi Jaiswal
8: Yashasvi Jaiswal made a great record by hitting a six
Yashasvi Jaiswal has become the batsman to hit the most number of sixes in a Test calendar year. Yashasvi has hit 35 sixes in Test cricket so far this year. Yashasvi overtook Kiwi legend Brendon McCullum who had hit a total of 33 sixes in Test matches in 2014. Ben Stokes, Virender Sehwag and Adam Gilchrist are far behind Yashasvi in this matter.
Most sixes in a calendar year in Test
35 Yashasvi Jaiswal (2024)*
33 Brendon McCullum (2014)
26 Ben Stokes (2022)
22 Adam Gilchrist (2005)
22 Virender Sehwag (2008)
