'Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal will dominate world cricket for...' - Virender Sehwag's colossal prediction

India is cruising towards a big lead against England in the second Test of the five-match series at Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Vishakhapatnam (Vizag) and youngsters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill have dominated the batting department in this Test. Former India opener Virender Sehwag reckons these two youngsters will be dominating world cricket in the coming years.

India won the toss and elected to bat first in Vizag and the first innings was a Yashasvi Jaiswal show as he lit up the stage and brought his maiden double-century in Test cricket scoring 209 off 290 deliveries. Jaiswal’s innings included 19 fours and seven sixes and he scored more than half of the team’s total. India were all out after scoring 396 in the first innings and England in response were shattered by Jasprit Bumrah who took a six-fer and helped India to bowl out England for just 253.

The second innings saw India losing the openers early but Shubman Gill partnered with Shreyas Iyer and then Axar Patel to stabilize the Indian innings. Shubman Gill was under a lot of scrutiny after a lean patch in Test cricket and was in desperate need of a revival. Gill smashed his third Test ton in the second innings as he scored 104 off 147 deliveries hitting 11 fours and two sixes. They both were the star for India in terms of batting and Virender Sehwag is pleased with this young batch of players making a name for themselves.

Virender Sehwag took to ‘X’ to acknowledge the innings played by both youngsters and said that these two players will dominate world cricket in the next decade. His Tweet read, “Glad to see two youngsters, both under 25 rising to the occasion and standing out. Very likely that these two will dominate world cricket for the next decade and more.”

Virender Sehwag’s Tweet On Yashasvi Jaiswal And Shubman Gill

Glad to se two youngsters, both under 25 rising to the ocassion and standing out.
Very likely that these two will dominate world cricket for the next decade and more. pic.twitter.com/fYzh8oOnaL

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 4, 2024

Shubman Gill smashed his first fifty-plus score while batting at No.3 in Tests since getting the position in July 2023 against West Indies. The 24-year-old batter was opening the batting with Rohit Sharma before Yashasvi Jaiswal made his debut for India in Dominica. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a century in his debut Test against the West Indies and has been great with the bat in terms of opening.

Both Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal are under 25 years of age and have scored a century in this match. The last time two under-25 players scored a century for India in a Test match was in 1996 against England in Nottingham when Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly scored a century in the same Test. India is yet to lose a Test series in India since 2012. However, the hosts have lost the series-opener against England in this five-match series and are looking to make it level in this game at Vizag.