Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrates after scoring his century© AFP
Yashasvi Jaiswal became only the fourth Indian cricket team batter ever to score two Test centuries before turning 23 when he achieved the feat on Day 1 of the second Test match against England on Friday. Jaiswal looked in sublime form as he brought up his century in 151 deliveries. It was a brilliant batting performance from the left-hander who paced his innings brilliantly and looked completely in control against the English bowlers on a Visakhapatnam pitch that did not provide much assistance. Before Jaiswal, only Ravi Shastri, Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli were able to reach the milestone.
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s blitz inflicted woes on England’s bowling set-up on the first day of the second Test against England on Friday at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium.
At the end of Day 1, India managed to put up 336/6 on the board with Jaiswal and Ravichandran Ashwin unbeaten on scores of 179* and 5* respectively.
The Vizag continued to witness Jaiswal’s prowess with the bat, his maturity to hold on to his end and keep the scoreboard ticking while stitching up small yet effective partnerships.
Jaiswal’s composure saw him have a fine balance between attack and defence. His 179* saw him score 17 boundaries and tonk five maximums which made England rethink their plans.
India stumbled thrice in the third session of the day with Rajat Patidar, Axar Patel and KS Bharat falling to England’s spin duo of Rehan Ahmed and Shoaib Bashir.
Earlier in the innings, Jaiswal played a typically explosive knock of an unbeaten 125 to accelerate India’s innings while the hosts kept losing wickets at regular intervals.
Starting the second session at 103/2, the duo of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer stitched up a good partnership and carefully took India ahead in the game.
After a slow start to the second innings, Jaiswal pushed the accelerator button and effortlessly hammered England’s first match hero, Tom Hartley, as he smoked back-to-back three boundaries, gathering 13 runs in the 45th over.
Jaiswal delighted the Vizag crowd his with aggressive innings. The opener breached the three-figure mark and brought up his second Test century with a maximum.
(With ANI inputs)
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