2 weeks Ago By Faham Uddin
Yashasvi Jaiswal justified the tag of 'new king' as he scored a brilliant hundred in the second innings of the first Test in Perth. After being dismissed for a duck in the first innings, Jaiswal made Australia pay and put India on top. This was Jaiswal's 4th Test hundred and first in Australia.
Ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the Aussie media dubbed Jaiswal as the new king, however, a failure in the first innings raised doubts if he could be successful in difficult conditions against a quality bowling attack, but Jaiswal came out with flying colours in just his second innings on the Australian soil. The century helped Yashasvi Jaiswal join a rare list of Indian players to score a hundred at Perth. Before Jaiswal, Sunil Gavaskar, Mohinder Amarnath, Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli had also scored a hundred in Perth.
Virat Kohli and Jaiswal are the only players to have scored a hundred at the Optus Stadium while Gavaskar, Amarnath and Tendulkar slammed centuries at the WACA. Also Read: 'I Bowl Faster Than You': Mitchell Starc Sledges Harshit Rana, Pacer Returns Favour With Hit On Helmet: Watch Meanwhile, Jaiswal also joined the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar in the list of most Test hundreds before turning 23. Sunil Gavaskar and Vinod Kambli scored four hundreds each before turning 23 while the others notched up three centuries.
Yashasvi Jaiswal Breaks Brendon McCullum's All-Time RecordMeanwhile, Jaiswal broke Brendon McCullum's record of most Test sixes in a calendar year. McCullum scored 33 sixes in 2015 and Jaiswal leapfrogged him after scoring two sixes on Day 2 of the Perth Test. The Indian star now has 35 sixes to his name and he is still not finished.
KL Rahul-Yashasvi Jaiswal Torment AustraliaMeanwhile, Jaiswal and Rahul added 201 runs for the first wicket in Perth. The pair batted two sessions without giving Australia a sniff. Rahul was later dismissed for 77 on Day 3.
The pair batted for 378 deliveries which is the most by an Indian opening pair in SENA countries. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Cricket, Sports and around the world..
