Yashasvi Jaiswal lived as much as the billing the Australia media had given him forward of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) opener in Perth. The ‘New King’ not simply introduced up his maiden century in Australia in his first match Down Underneath but additionally reached the milestone with the sort of bravado that followers related to former opener Virender Sehwag.
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What additionally displayed 22-year-old Jaiswal’s powerful character and mindset is the truth that he scored a century after being dismissed for a duck within the first innings.
Batting at 95 towards Josh Hazlewood, Jaiswal performed an upper-cut to a supply banged briefly by the Aussie pacer and linked it effectively sufficient to raise it over the wicket-keeper and slips to hit a six because the ball landed on the boundary cushions.
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Jaiswal’s braveness to play the dangerous shot so near his century reminded of Sehwag, who by no means used to carry again his aggressive-self nearer to a landmark and invariably introduced it up with an enormous hit.
Jaiswal resumed his innings on Sunday morning at 90 and his century got here off the 205th ball he confronted.
His massive opening partnership with KL Rahul (77) ended at 201, after his opening companion was dismissed by Mitchell Starc.
It is Jaiswal’s fourth hundred in his 15th Take a look at, becoming a member of the likes of the legendary Sunil Gavaskar and Vinod Kamnali to attain 4 Take a look at centuries earlier than turning 23.
He additionally matched the report of batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and Ravi Shastri to attain three Take a look at a whole lot in a calendar yr earlier than turning 23.
On the time this report was printed, Jaiswal was batting on 137 and Devdutt Padikkal on 17, with India’s rating studying 255 for 1 — taking the guests’ result in 301 runs.
India have been bowled out for 150 of their first innings after which dismissed Australia for 104, with stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah’s five-wicket haul main the Indian assault.
