2024-03-09 20:25:32
Dharamshala: The Indian cricket team has got a new gem in the form of Yashasvi Jaiswal in the five-Test series against England. Yashasvi Jaiswal dominated the entire England series. This is the reason why he was chosen Player of the Series. Yashasvi scored a total of 712 runs in 9 innings at an average of 89 in this five-match series against England, which included 2 double centuries and 3 half-centuries, but, he became the great Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar for scoring the most runs in a series. Missed the record.
The record for scoring the most runs in a Test series is in the name of great Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar, who scored 774 runs for India in 8 innings of the four-match series against West Indies in 1971. However, despite this, Yashasvi created history by crossing the 700-run mark.
Gavaskar has scored more than 700 runs in a series twice
Sunil Gavaskar is the only batsman for India who has scored more than 700 runs twice in a Test series for the team. Both times he achieved this feat against West Indies. After 1971, the Little Master had scored 732 runs at an average of 91.5 in the year 1979, which included 4 centuries and one half-century.
Now Yashasvi Jaiswal’s name has also been included in this list for Team India. By scoring more than 700 runs in a series in the 9th Test match of his career, Yashasvi showed that he is going to be a superstar of Team India in the future.
Players who have scored the most runs in a test series for India
Sunil Gavaskar- 774 runs, against West Indies in 1971
Sunil Gavaskar- 732 runs, against West Indies in 1979
Yashasvi Jaiswal- 712 runs, against England in 2024
Virat Kohli – 692 runs against Australia in 2015
Virat Kohli- 655 runs, against England in 2016
Dilip Sardesai-642 runs, against West Indies in 1971
Rahul Dravid- 619 runs, against Australia in 2004
Virat Kohli-610 runs, against Sri Lanka in 2018
Rahul Dravid-602 runs, against England in 2002