22-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal became only the third Indian batsman after Vinod Kambli and Virat Koli to hit double centuries in two consecutive Test matches.
The young left-hander who had scored a first innings double hundred in Vizag, notched up a second innings double hundred in Rajkot against England to bat England out of the game.
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 214, Sarfaraz Khan’s 68*, and Shubman Gill’s 91 helped India give England an unscalable target of 557 runs in Rajkot as India aim to take 2-1 lead.
Jaiswal smashed 12 sixes in his innings, which is now the joint-most number of sixes in a Test innings by a batsman, equalling the long-standing record of Wasim Akram. Sarfaraz recorded twin fifties on his Test debut as he walloped 6 fours and 3 sixes. The two Mumbai batters made a thrilling partnership of 172* (158) as England looked helpless in the field.
Netizens ask Anand Mahindra to gift a Thar to Yashasvi Jaiswal after his act for Sarfaraz Khan:
As Yashasvi Jaiswal hammered a double ton – his third Test century in 7 Tests – fans tagged Anand Mahindra, the Indian billionaire businessman and the Chairperson of Mahindra and Mahindra, asking him to gift a Thar car to Jaiswal as he did with Sarfaraz. After Sarfaraz had hit a fifty on debut in the first innings, Anand Mahindra had announced a Thar car as a gift to Sarfaraz’s father, Naushad. Mahindra got a bit of flak from netizens as Dhruv Jurel, too, had made his debut along with Sarfaraz.
Now, fans pointed out that Jaiswal had grown up in difficult financial conditions, and as a teenager, he even had to sleep in tents outside the stadium.
Here are some tweets of fans asking Anand Mahindra to make a grand gesture for Jaiswal as he did with Sarfaraz:
India have given a huge target of 557 runs to England with more than four sessions left in the game.
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