While most of the other batters were disappointed, Yashasvi Jaiswal waged a one-man fight in India’s first innings of the Ranchi Test against England.
Day 2 ended with the visitors in front as India slipped to 219/7, still trailing by 134 runs on a pitch that has low bounce and is playing tricks now.
Yashasvi Jaiswal raised his fourth fifty-plus score of the series, which includes two double centuries. He scored 73 runs while none of the other batters could manage more than 40.
Now, Yashasvi Jaiswal’s total tally of runs in this series stands at 618 runs in 7 innings at an average of 103 and strike rate of 78. No other batsman has managed to score more than even 300 runs in the series so far; this tells us how simply outstanding the 22-year-old from Mumbai has been. Jaiswal and Bumrah are the reason why India still have the lead of 2-1. That India depended on Jaiswal once again to bail them out tells the story.
Yashasvi Jaiswal breaks a major record of Rahul Dravid; Virat Kohli next in sight
Jaiswal now has the second-most runs by an Indian batsman in a Test series against England. He broke Rahul Dravid’s record of 602 runs from the 2002 series. Virat Kohli leads the tally with 655 runs from the 2016 home series.
Most Runs for Indian batters in Test series vs England
1. Virat Kohli – 655 runs
2. Yashasvi Jasiwal – 618 runs
3. Rahul Dravid – 602 runs
Fans lavished rich praises on Yashasvi Jaiswal:
India lost captain Rohit Sharma for only 2 runs before Jaiswal and Gill forged a partnership of 84 runs. After that, though, India couldn’t form a big partnership as Shoaib Bashir led England’s attack with a brilliant four-wicket haul.
Dhruv Jurel is batting on 30* and Kuldeep Yadav has done well to survive so far until stumps on day 2.
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