IND vs ENG 4th Test: The fourth match of the 5 test match series being played between India and England is being played in Ranchi. In this match, India’s opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal, continuing his excellent form, has given history by playing another brilliant innings in the first innings of the fourth Test against England.
Actually, in this match, Yashasvi played an inning of 73 runs in 117 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six. During this innings he also completed his 600 runs in this series. He has scored 618 runs in 7 innings of 4 test matches at an average of 103. With this, he has become the first left-handed cricketer from India to score 600 or more runs in a Test series. Let us tell you that by scoring the fourth fifty plus score in the fourth consecutive match of the series, Yashasvi has broken the record of former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly (Dada), who had scored 534 runs in the series against Pakistan in 2007.
Not only this, Yashasvi has come second in the list of Indian players who have scored 600 or more runs in a bilateral Test series. Earlier, Sunil Gavaskar had scored 774 runs in the 1971 series against West Indies and 732 runs against West Indies in 1978.
Captain Rohit Sharma’s record broken
By hitting a six in the fourth Test, Yashasvi has overtaken Rohit Sharma to reach the second position for India in terms of hitting the most number of sixes against one team in Test cricket. Rohit has hit 23 sixes against England. Sachin Tedulkar is at the first place in the list, he had hit 25 sixes against Australia. Apart from this, he has reached joint 15th position by equaling Gavaskar and Virat Kohli in the list of players who have hit most sixes in Tests for India. Jaiswal has hit 26 sixes in just 8 tests.
Included in Don Bradman’s list
Jaiswal has become the second cricketer from India and seventh in the world to score 600 or more runs in a Test series at the age of 23. Before him, great batsmen like George Hadley, Don Bradman, Gary Sobers, Neil Harvey, Sunil Gavaskar and Graeme Smith had achieved this feat.
Know what is the status of the match
The fourth match of the five-match Test series is going on in Ranchi. The Indian team is currently leading 2-1 in the series. After winning the toss and batting first, England scored 353 runs in its first innings. Joe Root scored a century and has returned to form. At present, India’s first innings is going on and it has scored 219 runs in 73 overs with the loss of 7 wickets.
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