Prolific opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his maiden Take a look at double hundred within the second Take a look at in opposition to England in Visakhapatnam on Saturday, changing into the third youngest Indian to attain the feat in his nascent-but-remarkable profession. Enjoying solely his sixth Take a look at, the 22-year-old’s sensational knock of 209 off 290 balls single-handedly powered India to 396 all out in 112 overs on the second day of the match.
He hit 19 fours and 7 sixes en route the double century, which was the lone brilliant spot in a beneath par batting effort by the house crew.
His stupendous knock duly earned the respect of the opposition and England gamers walked as much as Jaiswal to congratulate him after his epic effort lastly got here to an finish within the 107th over of the innings.
Vinod Kambli holds the excellence of being the youngest Indian to attain a double century, additionally in opposition to England, on the age of 21 years and 335 days again in 1993.
The file for the second youngest Indian double centurion in Checks can be held by Kambli, who smashed it in opposition to Zimbabwe on the age 21 years and 355 days.
Earlier than Kambli, the file was held by Sunil Gavaskar who scored his maiden double within the West Indies again in 1971.
He’s the primary Indian left-hander since Gautam Gambhir to fetch a double ton within the conventional format. Gambhir’s knock got here again in 2008 in opposition to Australia.
Jaiswal had scored 171 on his Take a look at debut in opposition to the West Indies final yr. He managed an 80-run innings within the series-opener in opposition to England in Hyderabad, the place India misplaced by 28 runs.
Earlier than Jaiswal, solely Sachin Tendulkar and Kambli had a number of 150-plus scores in Checks earlier than turning 23.
Within the ongoing match, Jaiswal added one other 28 runs with fellow in a single day batter Ravichandran Ashwin (20), who was dismissed by James Anderson.
Jaiswal ultimately reached the milestone with a six and a 4 off debutant spinner Shoaib Bashir within the 102nd over.
”Jaiswal – one of many biggest tales in world sport!,” former England skipper Kevin Pietersen wrote on his social media account, referring maybe to the standard beginnings of the rising star.
Jaiswal was lastly dismissed when he went for a giant shot and was caught by Jonny Bairstow at further cowl off Anderson’s bowling.
Hailing from Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi, Jaiswal’s life wasn’t a mattress of roses for the boy hailing from a decrease middle-class household.
The fourth amongst six youngsters in his home, Jaiswal moved to Mumbai from Bhadohi on the age of 11 to coach on the iconic Azad Maidan.
He sustained himself doing odd jobs, that included promoting paani puri by the roadside, and lived in tents with groundsmen of Azad Maidan throughout his early life.
Jaiswal promoting pani puri is a well-documented and oft-repeated anecdote from his life however his formative coach Jwala Singh has maintained in a number of interviews to PTI that it’s a bit stretched.
Singh has insisted that Jaiswal lived at his home for the higher a part of his years of battle.
”I actually do not just like the story (promoting panipuri). He’s taking part in cricket due to arduous work,” Jwala informed PTI throughout an interplay.
In actual fact, he did make clear the city delusion that’s solely getting extra traction with every passing day. ”Many sellers arrange their stalls close to the Azad Maidan. Typically when he would get free within the evenings, he used to assist them a bit. He didn’t arrange a stall himself. It isn’t that he bought panipuris and went on to play for India,” Jwala was cut-throat in dismissing the entire ’sob story’.
The teenager rose to prominence within the Beneath-19 World Cup in 2020 the place he was the main run-getter.
He was picked up by Rajasthan Royals within the IPL public sale the identical yr and has thus far scored 1172 runs in 37 IPL matches.
Jaiswal additionally has scored 502 runs, together with 100 and 4 fifties, in 17 T20Is for India.
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