Yashasvi Jaiswal achieves HISTORIC feat never done before by Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli or Viv Richards
GH News June 21, 2025 11:06 AM
New Delhi: This is an achievement that no other batsman has ever achieved in history of cricket be it a legend like Viv Richards Sunil Gavaskar Sachin Tendulkar Rahul Dravid Jacques Kallis Kumar Sangakkara Virat Kohli or AB de Villiers. None has achieved what Yashasvi Jaiswal did even being in quite different times and on different teams. The Indian opening batter registered his fifth Test century on Friday in the first Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Headingley in Leeds a new record in the field of sport. It was the fifth Test hundred scored by Jaiswal in all and third against England and importantly the first on English soil in his maiden series at the venue. It became part of the history marking his name in the record books as the first foreign batter to score centuries in debut Tests in England and Australia. The Indian opening batter who made a triumphant 161 in his first ever Test at Perth against Australia during the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar trophy arrived in England to continue to announce himself in international cricket. On Friday he further adorned his cap by scoring his maiden Test century in England and again on the first day of taking the field on English soil. Interestingly Sachin Tendulkar did score a hundred in his first tours to England and Australia during his maiden Test tours to both countries but it was not his first match he played in these countries. The first century of his career in England was made at his second Test against England at Manchester and his first century in Australia was also at the third Test held in Adelaide. When Jaiswal hit back-to-back over boundaries off Brydon Carse during the 49th over he scored his century on the last delivery with a single. He was unable to hold back his emotion roared and celebrated wildly which is a conclusive statement to the spectators at Headingley as well as fans worldwide that he now has Test centuries in Australia and West Indies and in England. The left hander who made a hundred on his Test debut against the West Indies had earlier accrued over 700 runs in the home series versus England last season. The century was scored in a time when there were serious concerns of how India new-age batting line-up would be in overseas conditions now that stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma had retired.
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