Yashasvi Jaiswal breaks 51-year-old record: A five-match Test series is being played between India and England. The second Test match of this series is being played at Edgbaston in Birmingham. At the end of the first day of this match, India has scored 310 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. While captain Shubman Gill is on 114 runs and Ravindra Jadeja is not out on 41 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal has also scored a brilliant half-century for India in this match. He has scored 87 runs. Although he missed out on scoring a century in the first innings, his batting impressed everyone. With this innings, he has also broken a record.
Yashasvi was seen batting fearlessly against England in the second Test. In this innings, he scored 87 runs off 103 balls. However, he was sent back by the English captain. Jaiswal was just 13 runs away from scoring a century at Edgbaston. Despite this, he broke a 51-year-old record at this ground in Birmingham.
Team India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 87 runs in the first innings of the second Test against England. He hit 13 boundaries in this innings. With this, Jaiswal has broken a 51-year-old record at the Birmingham ground. Now he has become the first Indian opener to play the highest innings at this ground. In the process, he broke the record of Sudhir Naik, who scored 77 runs here in 1974.
This England tour is going to be the best yet for Yashasvi Jaiswal. He had scored 101 runs in the first innings of the Leeds Test match. Now he has maintained his form and scored 87 runs in the first innings of Edgbaston. Yashasvi Jaiswal has played a total of 21 Test matches so far. During this period, he has scored 1990 runs. Now he is just 10 runs away from completing 2000 runs in Test cricket.
Captain Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja were present at the crease till the end of the first day’s play. Gill is unbeaten on 114 and Ravindra Jadeja is unbeaten on 41.