Starting the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy with a century, the Indian opener capped off the series with another ton.
Yashasvi Jaiswal gently guided the ball from Gus Atkinson through point and sprinted for a run. Even before completing it, he leapt into the air and punched the sky in celebration. “Starting the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy with a century, the Indian opener capped off the series with another ton.”
After failing in the first innings of the Oval Test, Jaiswal bounced back in the second. On the third day of the match, Saturday, the left-hander reached his century off 127 balls.
In the first Test at Headingley, Jaiswal scored 101 in the first innings. He then came close in the next match at Edgbaston, falling for 87. At Old Trafford, he added a steady 58. Maintaining that fine form, the 23-year-old once again brought up a memorable century.
Jaiswal became the fourth Indian opener to score two centuries in a single Test series on English soil. Interestingly, KL Rahul also hit two centuries while opening in this very series.
Before them, only Ravi Shastri (in 1990) and Rahul Dravid (in 2011) managed to notch up two hundreds in a series in England while opening the innings for India.
This was Jaiswal’s sixth Test century — four of them have now come against England.
Thanks to Jaiswal’s ton, India etched their name into the Test record books. “This was the 12th century for the team in the ongoing series — the most by any team in a single series.”
Only three other teams have managed 12 centuries in a single series: Australia (against West Indies, 1955), Pakistan (against India, 1982/83), and South Africa (against West Indies, 2003-04).
In this ongoing series against England, Shubman Gill leads with four centuries, followed by two each from Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar have chipped in with one apiece.
Resuming on 51 after being dropped on 20 and 40 the previous day, Jaiswal began the new morning cautiously, ending the first session on 85.
India lost skipper Shubman Gill on the very first ball of the second session, but Jaiswal kept his focus intact. Playing his natural game, he moved from 97 to 100 with a double and a single off consecutive balls.
