IND vs BAN: Yashasvi Jaiswal surpasses fellow Mumbai captain for this WTC record in Kanpur Test
Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored two consecutive half-centuries against Bangladesh in the ongoing Test series.
New Delhi: In red-hot form in Test cricket this year, India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal broke Ajinkya Rahane’s record for most runs in a single edition of the World Test Championship. Jaiswal went past his Mumbai captain at some point of his knock of 51-ball seventy two against Bangladesh contained in the 2d innings of the continuing 2d Test at Green Park in Kanpur.
Having made his Test debut in West Indies, Jaiswal has to date scored 1166 runs against his name in 19 innings, including two double centuries. Rahane, who last played a Test match for India in 2023, had amassed 1159 runs in 18 matches contained in the 2019-21 WTC cycle.
Current India captain Rohit Sharma is the suitable other batter to have managed One thousand-plus runs in a single edition of a WTC Cycle. In the 2019-21 WTC cycle, Rohit had scored 1094 runs in 12 matches. Former England captain Joe Root holds the record for most runs in a single edition WTC with 1915 runs in 22 matches. He got the runs contained in the 2021–23 WTC cycle.
As a ways as Jaiswal is bothered, the southpaw broke former India opener Virender Sehwag’s feat of fastest fifty by an Indian contained in the longest format. Jaiswal reached his fifty in 31 balls, eclipsing Sehwag, who reached the milestone in 32 balls against South Africa in Chennai (2008). Jaiswal’s teammate Rishabh Pant holds the record for fastest fifty by an Indian when he scored a 28-ball 1/2-century against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru.
Meanwhile, superstar off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took two quick wickets to in the reduction of Bangladesh to 26/2 of their 2d innings as India grabbed complete command of the rain-hit 2d Test at close on the fourth day on Monday. Bangladesh still trail by 26 runs. Ashwin did the damage with a two-wicket haul (2/14). Earlier, aggressive fifties by Jaiswal and KL Rahul placed India in a commanding position.
Jaiswal (71 off fifty two balls) and Rahul (Sixty eight off forty three balls) helped India declare their first innings at 285 for 9 for a lead of fifty two runs. Virat Kohli made a fluent Forty seven off 35 balls. For Bangladesh, veteran left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan picked four wickets (four/seventy eight) along with off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz (four/Forty one) to examine the free-flowing Indian batters as they scored runs in excess of eight an over. Earlier, Bangladesh were bundled out for 233 of their first innings.
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