ENG vs IND: Let us give you information about this record of Jaiswal
ENG vs IND: The Indian cricket team is currently on a tour of England for a five-match Test series. The first match of the Test series was played in Leeds, in which Team India was defeated by England by five wickets. So, now the second match of the ongoing series will be played in Birmingham from July 2.
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ENG vs IND: On the other hand, in this match, Indian team opener Yashasvi Jaiswal will have a golden opportunity to make a special record of former Indian cricketers Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag in his name. So let us tell you about this special record of Jaiswal:
ENG vs IND: Jaiswal can make this record of Dravid-Sehwag his name
Let us tell you that in the second Test match against England, Yashasvi Jaiswal can become the player to score 2 thousand Test runs in the least number of innings from India. It is worth noting that Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag jointly used a total of 40 innings to score two thousand runs in Test cricket. So, the first innings of the second Test match to be played in Birmingham is going to be the 39th innings of Jaiswal’s Test career.
Jaiswal has so far scored a total of 1903 runs in 38 innings of 20 Test matches at an amazing average of 52.86. If he scores 97 runs in the first innings of the second Test match, then he can become the first player to score two thousand Test runs in the least number of innings from India.
Well, it will be interesting to see how Jaiswal’s bat performs in the Birmingham Test match. However, Jaiswal had scored a brilliant century of 101 runs in the first innings of the first Test match played in Leeds.
List of players who scored 2 thousand runs fastest for India
| Player | Team | Venue | Year | Total Innings |
| Rahul Dravid | New Zealand | Hamilton | 1999 | 40 |
| Virender Sehwag | Australia | Chennai | 2001 | 40 |
| Vijay Hazare | West Indies | Port of Spain | 1953 | 43 |
| Gautam Gambhir | New Zealand | Napier | 2009 | 43 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | West Indies | Port of Spain | 1976 | 44 |