Team India's young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal batted brilliantly in the first innings of the Melbourne Test. He played an innings of 82 runs. He was moving towards his century but due to lack of coordination with Virat Kohli, he had to be run out. Now he has scored fifty plus in the second innings also. With this, Yashasvi, who has achieved great feats in his short Test career, has now achieved another feat. He has become the fourth Indian batsman after legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag to score more than 1400 runs in a calendar year.

Jaiswal made a special record in Melbourne

Yashasvi Jaiswal made this special record in his name through the second innings of Melbourne Test.

Jaiswal came very close to this record after scoring 82 runs in the first innings. Now in his last Test innings of the year he achieved a big feat. Now he has scored more than 1400 test runs this year. He achieved this record as soon as he scored the sixth run in the second innings.

Fourth batsman to score most test runs in a calendar year

The Indian record for scoring the most Test runs in a calendar year is held in the name of 'Master Blaster' Sachin Tendulkar.

He had scored 1562 runs in 2010. Virender Sehwag has scored more than 1400 runs in a calendar year in Tests twice. He scored 1462 runs in 2008 and 1422 runs in 2010. Whereas 'Little Master' Sunil Gavaskar had scored 1407 runs in 1979. Now Jaiswal has become the fourth Indian to score more than 1400 runs in a calendar year.

Jaiswal's test career

Jaiswal started his Test career in the year 2023. Till now Jaiswal has played 17 tests for Team India. He has scored more than 1600 runs in 32 innings of 17 matches. During this period, he has scored 4 century innings with his bat.

This also includes a double century. Apart from this, eight half-centuries have also come from his bat. He has scored runs at an excellent average of 53 in Tests. His strike rate has been 68. Let us tell you that Jaiswal also has 68 sixes in his name in Test.

This also includes a double century. Apart from this, eight half-centuries have also come from his bat. He has scored runs at an excellent average of 53 in Tests. His strike rate has been 68. Let us tell you that Jaiswal also has 68 sixes in his name in Test.