Yashasvi Jaiswal creates history and becomes the youngest Indian cricketer in…

Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal became the youngest Indian to score 1000 Tests in a single calendar year during Day 2 of the second Test against New Zealand at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Friday. The 22-year-old batsman surpassed the previous record of Dilip Vengsarkar, who reached the 1000-run mark at the age of 23 in 1979. Jaiswal is currently second in the list of leading Test run-scorers in 2024, behind Englishman Joe Root. , who has accumulated 1305 runs in 14 matches. Jaiswal’s form this year has seen him amass 1007 runs in just 10 matches, averaging 59.23 with two centuries and six half-centuries.

With three more Tests remaining in 2024, he has a chance to surpass some of the biggest records of Indian legends.

Notably, Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most Tests by an Indian in a calendar year, with 1,562 runs scored in 14 matches in 2010. Virender Sehwag’s 1,462 runs in 2008 remain the highest by an Indian opener in a single anus.

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