Historical innings of Yashasvi Jaiswal. (Photo- PTI)
Yashasvi Jaiswal gave Team India a good start in the fourth Test being played at Old Trafford, Manchester. Batting first after losing the toss, Yashasvi Jaiswal along with KL Rahul added 94 runs for the first wicket. Even after Rahul’s dismissal, Yashasvi Jaiswal did not stop and made history at the Old Trafford ground by playing a strong innings. Jaiswal did such a feat that could not do any Indian opener on this ground in the last 50 years.
Historical innings of Yashasvi Jaiswal
In the first innings at the Old Trafford ground in Manchester, Yashaswi performed brilliantly and played an important innings of 58 runs. During this, he faced 107 balls. He made his innings memorable with the help of 10 fours and 1 six. His innings not only strengthened the Indian innings, but also made him a special record. Yashasvi became the first Indian opener to score 50 or more runs in Old Trafford in the last 51 years.
Manchester’s Old Trafford Maidan has always been challenging for batsmen. It is not an easy task to face England bowlers on a sharp and bouncy pitch. But Yashasvi Jaiswal won everyone’s heart with his innings. Prior to Jaiswal, Sunil Gavaskar scored a half -century as an Indian opener on this ground. But Sunil Gavaskar did this feat in 1974. That is, Jaiswal has repeated this feat after 51 years.
1000 runs against England
Yashasvi Jaiswal also completed 1000 runs in the Test against England during his innings. He has so far scored 1 century and 2 double centuries against England. Apart from this, 5 half -centuries are also held. He has scored these runs at an average of 66.86. The special thing is that he has scored 2089 runs in his Test career so far, half of them have scored only against England.