Yashasvi Jaiswal CREATES HISTORY in Australia; becomes the 1st Indian batsman to..

Yashasvi Jaiswal is surely the next superstar in the making for Indian cricket, and he is proving that with his batting prowess on his maiden Australia tour in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.

The young Indian opener left one and all in awe by smashing a wonderful Test ton in his very first game on Australian soil. Jaiswal is currently playing in the first Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 between Australia and India at the Optus Stadium in Perth.

Yashasvi Jaiswal shines bright with a historic Test century on his maiden Australian tour

In the first innings, Yashasvi Jaiswal failed to open the account, but in the second essay, the young gun showed the true potential of his skills, grit, and determination, leaving the formidable Australian bowling attack clueless on Day 2 of the ongoing five-match Test series opener in Perth.

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History shows that whoever gets a hundred in Perth on their maiden Australia tour, becomes legend. Well, it will only tell the time when the young Indian opener will be in the future, but the left-handed batter has already made a plethora of records with his gritty hundred in the Perth Test.

Yashasvi batted through the cramps on his hand, and he was only 10 runs shy of scripting history at the Optus Stadium on Day 2. Indeed, he achieved a memorable three figures with a stunning six, cementing his place in the elite list of Indian legends.

Jaiswal joins an elite club of Indian legends with a Perth masterclass

Yashasvi Jaiswal becomes the only third batter to smash a Test hundred on his maiden appearance in whites in Australia. Before Jaiswal, ML Jaisimha (101 runs in Brisbane in 1967-68) and Sunil Gavaskar (113 in Brisbane in 1977-78) achieved this feat. Notably, all three tons came in India’s second innings.

Yashasvi (115*) has also surpassed the batting legend Sunil Gavaskar’s 113 to become an Indian batter with the best score in his maiden Test match in Australia.

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Meanwhile, Jaiswal, with three Test centuries in 2024, joined the Indian legends Sunil Gavaskar (4 in 1971), Vinod Kambli (4 in 1993), Ravi Shastri (3 in 1984), and Sachin Tendulkar (3 in 1992) in achieving this feat before turning 23.

Notably, Yashasvi is the first Indian opener since KL Rahul (110, SCG 2014-15) to score a Test hundred in Australia. On the other hand, his four Test centuries placed him alongside legends Gavaskar, Kambli, Shastri, and Tendulkar for most hundreds in a calendar year before turning 23.

Yashasvi becomes first Asian batter to score 1500 runs in 15 Tests

Sachin Tendulkar is leading the all-time list with eight centuries, followed by Ravi Shastri with five, while the rest of the three—Kambli, Gavaskar, and Yashasvi—all have three tons to their name before turning 23.

Additionally, Yashasvi Jaiswal becomes the first Asian batter to have amassed 1500 runs in his first 15 Test matches with his remarkable century in Perth on Sunday, November 24.

Jaiswal also becomes the second-fastest Indian batter to score 1500 Test runs in 28 innings after Cheteshwar Pujara. He is also the second youngest Indian opener (22 years and 330 days) to score a century in Australia.