Yashasvi Jaiswal, the youth opener of the Indian team, has missed a big achievement in a Test career. The left -handed batsman had the chance to complete the fastest 2000 Test runs for India in the first innings of the second Test against England in Edgbaston. But only 10 runs could not do so.
Yashasvi was dismissed for 87 runs. In such a situation, now he has 1990 runs in 39 innings of Tests. If he had scored more than 10 runs, he would have become the fastest Indian to score 2000 runs. Along with doing this, Yashasvi would also destroy the records of Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag. Sehwag-Dravid achieved this feat in 40 innings. Now if Yashasvi has shown it in 39 innings.
Rahul Dravid did this feat against New Zealand in Hamilton in 1999 and Virender Sehwag in Chennai in 2004 in Chennai. Yashasvi made a Test debut in Roso against the West Indies in July 2023 and has so far scored 1990 runs in 39 innings. His average is 52.86.
Indian batsman who scored the fastest 2000 Test runs
Rahul Dravid – 40 innings (New Zealand, Hamilton, 1999)
Virender Sehwag 40 innings (Australia, Chennai, 2001)
Vijay Hazare – 43 innings (West Indies, Port of Spain, 1953)
Gautam Gambhir – 43 innings (New Zealand, Napier, 2009)
Sunil Gavaskar – 44 innings (West Indies, Port of Spain, 1976)
In the Hale Test too, Yashasvi performed brilliantly and scored 101 runs (159 balls, 16 fours and 1 six) in the first innings. However, in the second innings, he could score only 4 runs and was dismissed on the ball of Bridon Kars. However, after contributing to batting, Jaiswal will also have to pay attention to his fielding. In the Leeds Test, he left four easy catches which affected the outcome of the match.
India’s playing for Edgbaston Test 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna
England’s playing at Edgbaston 11: Jack Craulie, Ben Docket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (Captain), Jamie Smith (wicket -keeper), Chris Woakes, Bridan Cars, Josh Tung, Shoaib Bashir
Results of all Test matches between India and England in Edgbaston
13-15 July 1967: Team India lost by 132 runs
4-8 July 1974: Indian team lost by innings and 78 runs
12-16 July 1979: Team India’s innings and defeat by 83 runs
3-8 July 1986: Draw
6-9 June 1996: Indian team lost by 8 wickets
10-13 August 2011: Team India lost by innings and 242 runs
1-4 August 2018: Indian team lost by 31 runs
1-5 July 2022: Team India lost by 7 wickets
India vs England (H2H) in Edgbaston
Total Test Match: 8
England won: 7
India won: 0
Draw: 1
Last result: England defeated India by 7 wickets in 2022