India have been all over Australia in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT 2024-25), being played at the Optus Stadium, in Perth. They restricted the hosts to just 104 runs and generated a lead of 56 runs. India openers, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul made use of the improved batting conditions and kept the scoreboard ticking as they batted the whole day of Day 2.
Day 3 brought the end of a 201-run stand between the duo as Rahul departed scoring 77 runs. But Jaiswal dug his base deep at the Optus and brought his maiden Test Ton in Australia. It is worth noting that, on Day 2 he also surpassed the former New Zealand batter, Brendon McCullum, in scoring the most sixes in a calendar year. While McCullum took nine matches to score 33 maximums. Jaiswal reached the 34th six off Nathan Lyon on Day 2 in his 12th game of the year.
After Rahul walked back after a resilient knock, the southpaw found a partner in the form of Devdutt Padikkal. Just before the Lunch, both the players shared an unbeaten 74-run stand between them. While Jaiswal remained unbeaten on 141 off 264, Padikkal resumed his innings on 25 off 70 balls. It is also worth mentioning that Jaiswal has so far smashed 12 boundaries and three maximums.
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On the other hand, Australian bowlers are toiling hard to get the momentum back. With every passing over their hopes of sneak through is diminishing. The only Indian wicket they managed to take, was through Mitchell Starc. Their top four bowlers including spinner, Nathan Lyon have bowled close to 20 overs each but the dividend looks far-fetched.
Here’s how ‘X’ users reacted to Jaiswal’s century:
Most Test hundreds in a calendar year before turning 23 (India)
4 – Sunil Gavaskar in 1971
4 – Vinod Kambli in 1993
3 – Ravi Shastri in 1984
3 – Sachin Tendulkar in 1992
3 – Yashasvi Jaiswal in 2024#MaharashtraElection2024 #ElectionResults #INDvsAUS #Jaiswal #KLRahul pic.twitter.com/5whrhvzcYz
— ″Bãrañi″••••🍂 (@Baraniiraj3) November 24, 2024
RCB POSTER OF YASHASVI JAISWAL & VIRAT KOHLI IS SALUTE HIS .. pic.twitter.com/THqexhOO3B
— MANU. (@Manojy9812) November 24, 2024
Sunil Gavaskar “Yashasvi Jaiswal is hungry for runs,A left-hander who at the top of the order can create problems for the bowlers,whether they’re Australian, English,he brings different perspective.I think,he has the cricketing world at his feet.”
— Cricket fan’s (@Cricketfan__77) November 24, 2024
Yashasvi Jaiswal the goat…
Congratulations for century🥳🥳#INDvsAUS
— Concentrated Men (@ConcentratedMen) November 24, 2024
From the streets of Bhadohi to scoring ton in Australia and holding record of most six in a calendar year, Yashasvi Jaiswal is the next superstar of Indian cricket.
Such a solid player.#BGT2024 #INDvsAUS #INDvAUS #AUSvIND #AUSvsIND #YashasviJaiswal
— Anshuman (@AnshumanM19) November 24, 2024
Playing his first Test in Australia…..
– Duck in first innings 🦆
– Century in second innings 💯
Yashasvi Jaiswal magical show at Perth 🪄
📸: Disney+Hotstar pic.twitter.com/D6twlVcwDl
— Sports forever (@Diwakar4e5) November 24, 2024
YASHASVI JAISWAL BECOMES THE JOINT FASTEST INDIAN OPENER TO 1,500 TEST RUNS..!! 🇮🇳🇮🇳#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/guKsg0VSkN
— Ijaj Mazumder (@MazumderIjaj) November 24, 2024
#YashasviJaiswal
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the Century against Aussie became first batsman in series to score the 💯 , don’t forget he scored a duck 🦆 in first inning#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/XuJU8rPUID
— ChasingBrilliance (@FFHack07) November 24, 2024
What a milestone! Yashasvi Jaiswal smashes a brilliant century in his maiden Test on Australian soil. 👏🔥#WTC25 #AUSvIND
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— Drop_in cricket (@drop_incricket) November 24, 2024