India vs West Indies 1st Test, Yashasvi Jaiswal Record: Yashasvi Jaiswal made his international cricket debut match memorable and got out after playing an excellent inning of 171 runs. In his debut Test match against the West Indies, Yashasvi Jaiswal also completed his first century in the second day’s play. After this, with the beginning of the third day, Yashasvi did not take much time to cross the 150-run mark. Yashasvi has now become the first player to score a century in debut test outside India as an opener batsman. At the same time, he is the third player from India to score the most runs in the debut match.
In the Dominica Test match, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored an innings of 171 runs in 387 balls which included 16 fours and 1 six. Yashasvi Jaiswal has become the Indian player to face the most balls in his debut test. Before Yashasvi, this record was in the name of former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 322 balls in his debut test in the year 1984.
Yashasvi, who made his debut in the foreign series, has also broken the record of former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly in terms of scoring the most runs in his first innings. In the year 1996, Sourav Ganguly scored an inning of 131 runs while making his debut in the Lord’s Test match.
Made 5th highest score in debut match as an opener
Yashasvi Jaiswal has now become the 5th player in the history of Test cricket to score the highest score in a debut match. The first number in this list is Brendan Kuruppu, who scored an inning of 201 runs against New Zealand in the year 1987. After this, Devon Conway is at number two, who scored an inning of 200 runs against England at Lord’s in the year 2021.
Shikhar Dhawan is third in this list, who played an inning of 187 runs in his debut Test match against Australia in the year 2013 at Mohali ground. On the fourth place is former New Zealand team player Hamis Rutherford, who scored 171 against England in his debut Test in 2013.
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