Yashasvi Jaiswal adds this special record to his name in the second test against New Zealand

Yashasvi Jaiswal adds this special record to his name in the second test against New Zealand

Yashasvi Jaiswal broke records on Friday, as he went on to become the first Indian batter to score 1000 test runs in a calendar year. During the second New Zealand Test against the leg side stretching screen in Pune, the massive blistering knock was cut short by Glenn Phillips’ catch of the Indian opener, however, Yashasvi had made a stunning achievement before walking to the pavilion.

Yashasvi has now gotten a place in the list of the greats of the game who have brazenly asserted this achievement. The standard was first set by the west Indian great Garfield Sobers in 1958; the player made 1,193 runs. This incredible record stood – unbroken – for 45 years before it was broken by South Africa’s Graeme Smith who set a benchmark of 1,198 runs in 2003. A few years later, AB de Villiers exceeded it making 1008 runs in 2005, while Alastair Cook of England, completed the figure with 1,013 runs in 2006.

1000+ Test runs in a calendar year before turning 23

1193 Garfield Sobers (1958)

1198 Graeme Smith (2003)

1008 AB de Villiers (2005)

1013 Alastair Cook (2006

18 years later, Jaiswal became the fifth batter overall – 23 and under – to achieve the four-digit mark within a year.

It was a remarkable achievement, but on a day when the middle order let India down following a promising start, Jaiswal’s stay at the crease was brief and short contributed to India’s total of 70 runs on That. India’s top order crumbled to 107 for 7 at lunch, with a first-innings deficit of, 152 still to be made up.

It was a normal spin on a low-bouncing pitch that caught the Indian batters out in the first session on Friday. On a low-with-dirt bull-dozer that turned, Indian batters were offensive lax and poor in discretion as basic errors left the team in an impossibly large mountain to climb in order to remain in the fight.

India, resuming at 16/1, crumbled in the first session, losing as many as six wickets for only 91 runs. The first major blow, however, came in the 24th over when one of their top batting stars, Virat Kohli, missed an easy full toss delivery bowled by Mitchell Santner (4/36) to be bowled out for one from nine balls.

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