In the Melbourne Test match (IND vs AUS, 4th Test), Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored a brilliant batting half-century in the second innings as well. This is Jaiswal’s third 50 plus score in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Apart from this, Jaiswal has also broken a special record of Rohit Sharma. This is Jaiswal’s 10th half-century in the history of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. By doing this, Jaiswal has now overtaken Rohit Sharma. Rohit had scored a total of 8 half-centuries in the history of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. At the same time, Jaiswal now has 10 half-centuries to his name.
Yashasvi ended the year 2024 with 1478 Test runs
Yashasvi Jaiswal ended the year 2024 as the second-highest run-scorer in Test cricket, in which he scored 1478 runs at an average of 54.74 while playing a total of 15 Test matches this year. During this, three centuries and 9 half-century innings were seen from his bat. In the year 2024, Joe Root was at the top in terms of scoring the most runs in Tests, who scored a total of 1556 runs.
This year has been good for Yashasvi Jaiswal
This year has been very good for Yashasvi Jaiswal. There have been very few times when runs have not come from his bat. Jaiswal made his debut against West Indies in July last year, since then he has been playing continuously and creating many new records. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 84 runs in the last innings of this year. During this, he faced 208 balls. His strike rate was close to 40. He hit 8 fours during his well-planned innings. However, he missed completing his century.
Last match of India vs Australia series is yet to come
The last match of India vs Australia is still left, which will be played in Sydney from January 3 i.e. next year. This match is also going to be very important. Especially in terms of the World Test Championship. South Africa’s team is already at the top of the WTC points table and has confirmed its place for the final. Now only one team’s place is left, which can be either India or Australia. That means the match ahead will be very tough.
