In the third Test match between India and England played in Rajkot, India has secured a victory by 434 runs. In this match, India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal played a splendid innings, scoring a double century. He played an innings of 214 runs facing 236 deliveries, including 14 fours and 12 sixes. Jaiswal played this innings at a strike rate of 90.68.
Former England captain Alastair Cook has become a fan of Jaiswal’s innings. He said, “Yashasvi Jaiswal has hit as many sixes in one innings as I did in my entire Test career.” It should be noted that Cook has played 291 Test matches, scoring 12472 runs. He has scored 33 centuries and 576 half-centuries in his Test career. Interestingly, Cook has hit a total of 11 sixes in his entire Test career. He has only hit 10 sixes in ODIs. Cook’s best performance in Test cricket is 294 runs.
Talking about Jaiswal, he has played 7 Test matches so far, batting in 13 innings. He has scored 868 runs with 25 sixes included. Jaiswal’s average in Tests is 71.25. Before this, Jaiswal had also scored a double century in the Visakhapatnam Test. In the second Test, Jaiswal scored 209 runs facing 290 deliveries, including 7 sixes.
This achievement of Jaiswal has impressed cricket enthusiasts and experts alike. His ability to hit sixes has drawn comparisons with some of the greats of the game. Jaiswal’s performance in the ongoing Test series against England has been exceptional, and he has emerged as a promising talent for Indian cricket.
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