IND vs ENG: Yashasvi Jaiswal breaks Indian legend’s record, becomes…
GH News July 05, 2025 02:06 AM
New Delhi: Yashasvi Jaiswal has made a big record in the second Test match being played against England at Edgbaston. He has become the fastest Indian batsman to score 2000 runs in Test cricket. He achieved this feat in just 21 matches. Jaiswal has performed brilliantly in this entire series so far. Whose record did Yashasvi Jaiswal break? In this matter he has left behind Sunil Gavaskar who achieved this feat in 23 Test matches. Jaiswal has performed brilliantly since the beginning of his Test career. He has cemented his place in the Indian batting order. He scored 87 runs in the first innings of the Edgbaston Test. He needed just 10 runs to break Gavaskars record which he easily accomplished on the third day. Who are the players with the least number of innings to reach 2000 Test runs for India? 40- Rahul Dravid/ Virender Sehwag/ Yashasvi Jaiswal 43- Vijay Hazare/ Gautam Gambhir 44- Sunil Gavaskar/ Sachin Tendulkar 45- Sourav Ganguly 46- Cheteshwar Pujara What did Yashasvi Jaiswal achieve? Yashasvi Jaiswal has also equalled Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag. Both of them also reached 2000 Test runs in 40 innings. Jaiswal has also touched this figure in 40 innings. India took a lead of 180 runs in the first innings. At one time England was in trouble after losing 5 wickets for 84 runs. But Harry Brook and Jamie Smith batted brilliantly. Brook scored 158 runs and Smith remained unbeaten after scoring 184 runs. Thanks to the innings of these two England was able to get close to Indias score. Nevertheless Team India captained by Shubman Gill took a crucial lead of 184 runs in the first innings.
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