Yashasvi Jaiswal Joins Elite Ranks Alongside Legends Like Garfield Sobers, Alastair Cook And More

Team India's young upstarts have been showing up and showing out lately, with several stars getting chance to represent Team India against or cricketing stalwarts. One such name is Yashasvi Jaiswal, whose rags-to-riches tale in sport has been a supreme inspiration. 23-year-old has been a brute force opener for Team India and has often stood up to task when Men in Blue needs someone to show up and score runs. Jaiswal's grit and intent have helped him become next big thing in Indian Cricket. star cricketer recently secured a historic feat and has aligned himself in League of Legends.

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On Day 2 of 2nd Match between India and New Zealand at MCA Stium in Pune, Yashasvi Jaiswal held on to score 30 runs off 60 balls before losing his wicket. Indian opener's short-lived knock helped him to take his overall run mark past 1000-run milestone in 2024. He is now a part of a group which features elite cricketers  

India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal joined an exclusive club after he scored 1000 runs in a single calendar year before turning 23 years old. star southpaw batter is fifth batter to reach historic feat after legends like Garfield Sobers, Graeme Smith, AB de Villiers and Alastair Cook. Jaiswal becomes second batter to rake up a thousand runs in year 2024 after English batter Joe Root.

In 2024, Yashasvi scored 1,007 runs in ten Test matches with an aggressive strike rate of 75.88 and a solid average of 59.23. Indian opener has h a fantastic time so far, where he helped deliver some strong efforts for Indian Cricket Team.

Speaking of IND vs NZ match, R Ashwin and Washington Sundar set off a massive collapse as spin battery knocked out New Zealand batters. Ash took three wickets, and Sundar took seven to finish New Zealand's innings on 259. When stumps were called on Day 1 of play, Team India was at 16/1. However, Day 2 brutally exposed India's vulnerability to spin bowling. Despite decent performances from Ravindra Jeja, Shubman Gill, and Yashasvi Jaiswal, Men in Blue were dismissed for 156 runs. With New Zealand still leing, y hope to extend ir le and put pressure on Indian cricket team, handing hosts a rare home Test series defeat.