Yashasvi Jaiswal misses out on scoring a ton, but breaks Shikhar Dhawan’s long standing record

Yashasvi Jaiswal, IND vs WI, Shikhar Dhawan
Image Source: Getty and PTI Shikhar Dhawan and Yashasvi Jaiswal

India will take on hosts West Indies in the second and final of the series on Thursday (July 21). After being invited to bat first, the visitors ended the first day at 288/4 thanks to half-centuries from opener Yashasvi Jaiswal. Rohit Sharma And Virat Kohli, While Kohli is still unbeaten on 87 and is nearing his 76th international (and 29th Test) century. However, both Rohit and Jaiswal missed golden chances to add another three-digit score to their name.

Jaiswal’s dismissal in the second session saw both the players dismissed. jason holder While Jomel Warrican dismissed the India captain for 80 runs. Meanwhile, Jaiswal may have scored only 57 runs but he has managed to enter an elite list among Indian players. There are very few Indian players who have started their Test career in a spectacular manner and Jaiswal has now become one of them and has become the third highest run-scorer among Indians in the first two Tests of his career.

Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 171 in the last Test and followed it up with 57 in the first innings of the second Test. With a total of 228 runs in his first two Test innings so far, Jaiswal has gone ahead Shikhar Dhawan List of Indian players with the most runs in their first two Test innings of their career. Dhawan scored 210 runs in his first two innings, including a brilliant 187 on debut against Australia.

The list is topped by Rohit Sharma who has scored 288 runs in his first two Tests against the West Indies. The man started his career with two centuries and continues to open the innings strongly. Sourav Ganguly is second in Test cricket with 267 runs in his first two innings. currently abandoned, Prithvi Shaw In this case, even after scoring 204 runs, he is in this list.

Indian players with the most runs in the first two Test innings:

Rohit Sharma – 288 runs

Sourav Ganguly – 267 runs

Yashasvi Jaiswal – 228 runs

Shikhar Dhawan – 210 runs

Prithvi Shaw – 204 runs

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