Yashasvi Jaiswal becomes only 6th Indian to score tons in all three formats

The 23-year-old India National Cricket Team left-handed opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal slammed an incredible hundred in the third and final ODI of the series against the South Africa National Cricket Team.

A century against the Aiden Markram-led side helped the young batting sensation, Yashasvi Jaiswal, to become only the sixth Indian to score a century across all three formats of the game.

Yashasvi Jaiswal slams maiden ODI century

Jaiswal is regarded as the next big thing in Indian cricket, and several current and former cricketers rate him as a batter better than the Test and ODI skipper, Shubman Gill.

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The left-handed opening batsman has time and again played sensational knocks for India in Test cricket, and in the Indian Premier League (IPL), he has been in fine form for the Rajasthan Royals (RR).

However, due to the depth in the Indian cricket team, he has not been able to seal a place in the white-ball teams despite delivering exceptional performances in the limited opportunities.

During the India vs South Africa series, Jaiswal came under the pump for not playing big knocks and falling to the left-arm fast bowlers in a similar manner.

However, the left-handed batsman managed to finally bounce back with a terrific performance in the third ODI match, where he slammed his maiden ODI century.

Yashasvi Jaiswal was cautious at the start and took his time to settle in the middle. He reached the half-century landmark off 75 balls, but managed to accelerate to reach the three-figure milestone in 111 balls.

On the second ball of the 36th over, Yashasvi Jaiswal flicked a length delivery from Corbin Bosch for a single to complete his century. The batter was totally pumped up after hitting the century and celebrated in an aggressive manner along with Virat Kohli.

With his century, he joined Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, and Shubman Gill in the list of batters with centuries for India across formats.

List of India batters with 100s in all three formats:

Suresh Raina

Rohit Sharma

KL Rahul

Virat Kohli

Shubman Gill

Yashasvi Jaiswal

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I really enjoyed and I'm really grateful and blessed - Jaiswal

Speaking after winning the Player of the Match award, Yashasvi Jaiswal stated that he is blessed and grateful. He also revealed how chatting with the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma has helped him improve his game.

"I really enjoyed and I'm really grateful and blessed. We have been chatting a lot about we can play, set the tempo. Last two games I couldn't convert and I was thinking how I can balance the innings. Sometimes I was thinking of attacking, then run the singles," he said.

"I have to control my thoughts on what shots I can play. If it requires, I need to go after the bowlers. Of course Virat paaji came and he played a lot of shots. He keeps giving me small targets and I really enjoyed."